By Michael A. Mora | March 31, 2023
"Assisting and preparing the errata sheet does not mean you prepare it, send it to the witness and tell the witness these are the changes we want you to consider," Miami-Dade Circuit Judge William Thomas ruled. "That to me is the lawyer simply supplanting and telling the witness what changes need to be made."
By Brad Kutner | March 29, 2023
"That's precisely the kind of egregious invasion of privacy that Congress was concerned with," argued Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom attorney Shay Dvoretzky.
By Emily Saul | March 28, 2023
Michael Cohen waived attorney-client privilege with Robert Costello, but what about a lawyer's duty of loyalty?
By Emily Saul | March 16, 2023
Justice Juan Merchan said he would allow defense counsel Justin Weddle to withdraw from the case once he'd communicated a legal warning to the organization's founder and remaining director.
By Cheryl Miller | March 14, 2023
An investigation criticized former state bar acting executive director Robert "Bob" Hawley for ghostwriting a private attorney's recommendation to close a complaint against Tom Girardi. Hawley later worked as a conflict counsel for the bar.
By Cheryl Miller | March 13, 2023
In an hour-long meeting with reporters on Monday, state bar leaders said they've made changes to ensure a rogue lawyer can't avoid discipline by schmoozing agency employees.
By Brad Kutner | March 13, 2023
"Price fixing has an economic effect," warned Keller Postman partner Ashley Keller, who's already involved in suits under the new law.
By Cheryl Miller | March 10, 2023
An investigation conducted by Halpern May Ybarra Gelberg found that Tom Girardi, through his law firm, paid a former state bar employee, his wife and a business they operated more than $600,000 while the trial lawyer was facing misconduct complaints filed with the agency.
By Cheryl Miller | March 3, 2023
The proposed Rule of Professional Conduct 8.3 includes language barring the professional reporting of California-licensed lawyers who help women in abortion-restrictive states find legal medical care elsewhere.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 3, 2023
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cummings, in Chicago, entered the plea Friday at a virtual arraignment hearing, in which Girardi appeared alongside his brother and conservator, Robert Girardi, and a federal public defender.
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