June 2018 Discipline
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations that were made public during the month of June 2018. Louisiana Supreme Court …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations that were made public during the month of June 2018. Louisiana Supreme Court …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations that were made public during the month of May 2018. Louisiana Supreme Court …
On May 25, 2018, NPR’s All Things Considered featured a segment on “Digital Ambulance Chasers? Law Firms Send Ads to Patients’ Phones Inside ERs.” Here’s how NPR described the practice: …
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 …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations that were made public during the month of April 2018. Louisiana Supreme Court …
Recognizing that “[e]ven the best lawyers may err,” the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has issued a formal opinion addressing when a lawyer must inform a client …
In April 2018, the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission issued an advisory opinion finding that Avvo Advisor’s lawyer-referral service and its “marketing fee” for that service violates “several Indiana ethics …
According to a recent report by legal-malpractice insurer CNA, the answer is: family law. See CNA, Professional Counsel (April 2018). According to this insurer, “claim frequency in the family law area …
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 …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations that were made public during the month of March 2018. Louisiana Supreme Court …