A New Jersey disciplinary rule that prohibits a lawyer from excerpting a court opinion discussing the lawyer’s legal abilities is unconstitutional, says the United States Court of Appeals for the …
On March 14, 2014, the Illinois Supreme Court suspended Mt. Sterling lawyer Jesse Raymond Gilsdorf for a period of five months. Adopting a report and recommendation from a disciplinary commission …
Louisiana has seen its share of controversy for online comments posted by public officials on blogs. Now it’s Arkansas’ turn. A judge in Little Rock is under fire for …
A New York appellate court has ruled that a lawyer’s death is no excuse for negligently allowing a client’s tort claim to prescribe. See Cabrera v. Collazo, 2014 NY Slip Op. …
In a February 5, 2013 letter to the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice describes serious problems with “Louisiana’s attorney licensure system,” …
A January 2014 opinion from a Florida court suggests that there’s nothing wrong with it. See Chance v. Loisel, No. 5D13-4449 (Fla. Ct. App. 5th Dist. 2014). In 2012, another Florida …
Yes, according to the Rhode Island Supreme Court in Fedora v. Werber, No. 2012-50-Appeal (Dec. 20, 2013). In Fedora, a paralegal who worked on a medical malpractice case at a defense firm …
A judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York refused to award BigLaw firm Mayer Brown LLP, $126,026.88 in requested fees for representing a prevailing party in …
Legal Ethics Forum has posted its take on the top ten legal ethics stories of 2013. Among them: courts upholding the intra-firm attorney client privilege; the relaxation of rules against …
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently enforced a lawyer-client arbitration agreement even though the agreement (1) failed to specify that malpractice claims were within …
