On November 15, 2018, the Florida Supreme Court finally resolved a conflict among Florida lower courts on the issue of whether Facebook “friendship” is a sufficient basis for judicial disqualification. See Law …
In the spring of 2018, the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility issued an advisory opinion addressing the scope of a prosecutor’s obligation to disclose exculpatory information to the defense and …
Judge Carl J. Barbier of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana disqualified a New Orleans law firm for undertaking a representation materially adverse to its …
On September 20, 2018, the Illinois Supreme Court suspended Drew R. Quitschau for six months for creating a false Match.com profile—and numerous other fake Internet accounts—in the name of his opposing …
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania suspended a lawyer for five years, with all but one year deferred, for misconduct in connection with a breakup with his girlfriend. See Office of Disciplinary Counsel …
Two cases decided in late August 2018 serve to emphasize that disqualification of opposing counsel, when appropriate, must be sought expeditiously or else it will be waived. The United States …
On June 14, 2018, the Supreme Court of Washington considered whether “compassion fatigue” is a proper mitigating factor in lawyer disciplinary proceedings. See In re Waechter, No. 201,645-6 (Wash. Jun. 14, …
On May 14, 2018, the United States Supreme Court reversed a Louisiana defendant’s capital murder conviction after his defense lawyer argued to the jury during the guilt phase of trial …
On April 25, 2018, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a half-billion-dollar judgment against DePuy Orthopaedics in a metal-on-metal artificial-hip case due to the “fraud, misrepresentation or …
Can a lawyer’s failure to pay business-related debts be sanctionable in the lawyer disciplinary system? Yes, according to a March 14, 2018, opinion by the Supreme Court of South Carolina. See In …
