Settlement Reached in Lawyer Overtime Pay Suit
Is a contract lawyer who performs mindless document review entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act? Maybe so, but a December 2015 settlement moots adjudication of the issue. …
Disbarment for Retaliating Against Clients for Bad On-Line Reviews
On December 1, 2015, the Indiana Supreme Court disbarred a lawyer for, among other egregious conduct, retaliating against clients for unfavorable Avvo reviews. See In the Matter of David J. Steele, …
Don’t Hold a Client’s Settlement Proceeds Hostage
The Louisiana Supreme Court suspended Lake Charles lawyer Satrica Williams-Bensaadat for, among other things, refusing to endorse a settlement check in an effort to force a resolution of her fee claim. See In re Satrica …
Baton Rouge Lawyer Suspended for Child Porn Conviction
On November 18, 2015, the Louisiana Supreme Court indefinitely suspended Baton Rouge lawyer G. William Jarman in the wake of his conviction on federal child-porn charges. See In re George William Jarman, …
Settlement Allows LegalZoom to Operate
An October 22 consent decree ended a lengthy legal dispute between LegalZoom.com, Inc. and the North Carolina State Bar. The consent decree allows LegalZoom to offer its services in North Carolina, provided …
Billing Bad: Charging Client for Watching TV Draws Suspension
The Supreme Court of Tennessee recently imposed a one-year suspension on Knoxville lawyer Yarboro Sallee for billing her client for watching TV. See Sallee v. Tn. Board of Prof’l Resp., No. E2014-01062-SC-R3-BP (Jul. …
Lawyer Reprimanded for Misleading Google AdWords Campaign
South Carolina lawyer Zachary Steven Naert handled timeshare litigation in Hilton Head. In an effort to obtain new cases, Naert purchased as “Google AdWords” the names of three lawyers defending …
May a Law Firm Share its Gross Revenues With a Hedge Fund?
Yes, according to this recent New York opinion. See Hamilton Capital VII, LLC v. Khorrami, LLP, 2015 NY Slip Op. 51199 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Aug. 17, 2015). Hamilton Capital is a hedge …
Northshore Lawyer Suspended for Accepting Marijuana as Fee
A hearing committee of the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board has recommended a fully-deferred suspension for a Northshore lawyer who received his legal fee in marijuana. See In re James D. Mecca, No. …
Suspension for Attempting to Buy Off Witness
The Louisiana Supreme Court suspended New Orleans lawyer Donald R. Pryor for a year and a day for attempting to buy off a witness. See In re Pryor, No. 2015-B-0243 (La. …