Embarrassment is often a person’s first reaction after hitting “reply to all” when sending an email that required only a “reply.”1 If the email was inappropriate, the sender suffers, at …
An odd question, but one that a New York court recently considered in a lawyer disciplinary proceeding. See In re Eliot Bloom, No. 2017-11411 (N.Y. App. Div. Dec. 18 2019).1 …
No, according to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. See Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. Sayre, No. 18-0617 (W. Va. Oct. 24, 2019).1 ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct …
On December 9, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sanctioned lawyer/litigant Todd C. Bank1 for filing a frivolous pro se action to cancel the trademark …
On November 6, 2019, a Hearing Committee of the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommended the public reprimand of New Orleans lawyer Ike Spears for threatening to “punch the shit” out …
We have all seen this brief before. But the Seventh Circuit could take it no more. In a November 2019 opinion, the court noted that “[b]ad writing does not normally …
It is not uncommon for public defenders in Louisiana to complain that being forced to handle an excessive criminal-defense caseload violates Louisiana Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1. That rule requires …
The Supreme Court of New Jersey reprimanded a lawyer for violating the anti-discrimination provisions of Rule 8.4(g) in a medical malpractice case against an Asian optometrist. See In re Farmer, …
Yes, but only with permission. The Supreme Court of South Carolina recently added a new comment to the the state’s rules of professional conduct “reminding lawyers that Rule 1.6 requires …
By Jacob Huebert, James Baehr, and Dane S. Ciolino The First Amendment guarantees every American’s freedom of speech and freedom of association. That means we all get to choose what …
