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Scott Flaherty, based in New York, covers the business of law with a focus on legal ethics, lawyer misconduct, conflicts-of-interest and litigation involving law firms. He can be reached at [email protected]. On Twitter: @sflaherty18
January 22, 2019 | The American Lawyer
According to a court ruling, an associate in Vancouver was duped into wiring the money to a Hong Kong bank account by fraudsters with knowledge of the firm's work on a real estate deal.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
January 16, 2019 | New York Law Journal
Manhattan attorney and Big Law alum Marc Koplik told an undercover anti-corruption activist that lawyers have special protections "because we run the country.”
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
January 9, 2019 | The American Lawyer
Among the findings by the National Association for Legal Placement: Just 4.48 percent of law firm associates were African-American last year.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
January 4, 2019 | The American Lawyer
The loss of 600 legal services industry jobs in December stands in stark contrast to the U.S. economy's overall employment data, which reported a provisional increase of 312,000 jobs nationwide for the month.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
December 28, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Lawyers got a lot of press in 2018, and some of it stemmed from allegations of serious misconduct.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
December 28, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Lawyer suicides sparked an industrywide conversation on attorney mental health and well-being in 2018 that is gaining steam.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
November 30, 2018 | The American Lawyer
Clients want narrow expertise and law firms are responding. Where do generalists fit in a landscape being flooded by specialists?
By Scott Flaherty | Phillip Bantz
1 minute read
November 28, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal
Despite attempting to limit the scope of its defense work for an options exchange operator to curtail conflicts, a federal judge found Fish & Richardson could not remain in a patent infringement case brought by former client Nasdaq.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
November 20, 2018 | The American Lawyer
The high court's review follows an appeals court ruling that revived a claim from a U.K. real estate investor alleging Fox Rothschild improperly let $2.4 million flow through an attorney trust account to a fraudster.
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
October 24, 2018 | Law.com
What role do clients play in putting undue pressure on partners, who then pass it on to associates?
By Scott Flaherty
1 minute read
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