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Recent Cases

Lawyer Reinstated Following Suspension for Outrageous Harassment of Paralegal

On March 11, 2019, the Ohio Supreme Court reinstated Cleveland lawyer Howard E. Skolnick after suspending him for one year with six months deferred for his outrageous harassment of a …

Rule Making

Idaho Becomes Seventh State to Reject ABA’s Model Anti-Discrimination Rule

On September 10, 2018, the Idaho Supreme Court Supreme Court rejected efforts to amend the Idaho Rules of Professional Conduct to add the anti-discrimination provision now included in ABA Model …

Recent Cases

Lawyer Suspended for Dropping F-Bomb on Magistrate

An “activist” lawyer purporting to represent an “occupy movement” was suspended for two years, all deferred, for exclaiming to a magistrate, “what the fu** is going on around here.” See N.C. State …

Rule Making

ABA Adopts Broad Anti-Harassment Rule. Will Louisiana Follow?

On August 8, 2016, the ABA House of Delegates amended Model Rule 8.4 to include a broad anti-discrimination and anti-harassment provision, and three revised comments. The amendment, which was sponsored by …

Louisiana Cases

New Orleans Lawyer Suspended for Retaining Co-Counsel Solely to Force Judge Porteous’s Recusal

On May 4, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the suspension of New Orleans lawyer Joseph N. Mole from the practice of law in …

Ethics Opinions

A Lawyer May “BCC” Client Over Opponent’s Objection

May a lawyer ethically send the lawyer’s client a blind copy of an email to opposing counsel where opposing counsel has objected to such practice? That is a question recently …

Professionalism / Recent Cases

Louisiana Lawyer Sanctioned for Comment About “Menopause”

Louisiana lawyer Camilo Salas was sanctioned by a federal district court for an “improper and personally offensive comment” made to defense counsel during a deposition. See Order, Cruz-Aponte v. Caribbean Pet. …

Rule Making

ABA Considering New Model Rule Prohibiting Harassment and Discrimination

The ABA is again considering whether to adopt a model rule of professional conduct prohibiting a lawyer from engaging in harassment or discrimination based on various human conditions. See ABA Standing …

Louisiana Cases

BP Lawyers Caught Sneaking Extra Pages Into Memo

United States District Judge Carl Barbier caught lawyers representing BP attempting to evade page limitations that he imposed for a response brief filed in the massive BP MDL pending in …

Discipline

California Prosecutor Faces Discipline for Bad Joke

California disciplinary authorities (understandably) can’t take a joke. A prosecutor sent the defendant’s lawyer a transcript that included an English translation of the defendant’s Spanish recorded statement. Purportedly as a joke, …

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