The United States Tax Court ruled on December 17, 2013 that court-ordered sanctions paid by a lawyer to the clerk of court and to opposing counsel were not deductible business …
Florida lawyers have filed suit in a Tallahassee federal court challenging the constitutionality of, among other new disciplinary rules, those that prohibit a lawyer from “stating or implying” that the …
The Indiana Supreme Court recently suspended an Indianapolis lawyer for failing to notify disciplinary authorities that he had been convicted for driving while intoxicated. See In re Selig, No. 49S00-1305-DI-345 (Nov. 27, …
The Colorado Supreme Court suspended a criminal defense lawyer for a “fraud upon the court” committed by arranging what she hoped would be a witness misidentification of her client during …
One of my former students has asked me for help with a disciplinary complaint arising out of answers to questions that he posted a few months ago on the Internet …
In response to a state motion to ban the use of the word “government” during a criminal trial, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer Drew Justice filed a response in which he …
A Nevada federal district court refused to dismiss a lawyer’s breach of contract claim against another lawyer for their failure to comply with the fee-sharing provisions of Rule 1.5(e). See Grasso v. …
In Herman v. Cataphora, Inc., the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed a defamation claim brought by New Orleans lawyer Russ M. Herman and Philadelphia lawyer Arnold Levin …
A New Jersey federal district court recently refused to strike down a state advertising rule prohibiting a lawyer from selectively quoting a judge’s laudatory comments about a lawyer. In Dwyer …
Rule 7.2 contains the most fundamental principle governing lawyer advertising: a lawyer may not make a “false or misleading” statement about the lawyer’s services. A California lawyer is facing a …
