New stories and case digests and some columns focused on key court decisions and issues, as well as news stories on prominent lawyers in trouble, to articles and columns offering advice.
By Adolfo Pesquera | October 23, 2023
"Alliance followed Baker's advice, and the fraud remained concealed. Had Baker advised Alliance to discontinue its Questionable Business Practices in the other contexts described herein, Alliance would have done so," the complaint versus Baker & Hostetler said.
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By Allison Dunn | October 20, 2023
"We are not persuaded by Graves's claim that Wright's exoneration in the Fourth Circuit was 'premised upon a legal technicality.' To be sure, Wright's habeas claim succeeded because Graves should have recognized that grand larceny from the person was not a lesser-included offense of robbery," Judge Stuart A. Raphae wrote. "But the question here is whether Wright pleaded facts showing that he was actually innocent of grand larceny from the person. He did."
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By Amanda O'Brien | October 20, 2023
The suit centers around a prolonged dispute over a Western Pennsylvania student's eligibility to participate in high school basketball following his transfer to a new high school. The firms represented the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association and the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League.
4 minute read
By Bonnie C. Frost and William A. Krais | October 19, 2023
When considering 'The People of New York v. Trump,' most people focus on salacious details. However, lawyers familiar with the Rules of Professional Conduct are focusing on a more subtle, though no less important, issue: conflict of interest.
10 minute read
By Everett Catts | October 17, 2023
"It is shameful for an attorney to abuse the trust placed in him by his clients, but that is exactly what Dickason did," U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan said in a news release. "He misappropriated millions of dollars belonging to his clients for his personal benefit with no regard for how his clients would be affected."
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By Alex Anteau | October 16, 2023
"This is an important issue," said Richard Robbins of Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, an attorney who specializes in legal malpractice. "When you have firms like Morgan & Morgan, with a heavy volume of cases, putting arbitration provisions in their agreements, attorneys want to know how that will play out in real life."
6 minute read
By Charles Toutant | October 11, 2023
The suit brings claims under federal and New Jersey trade secret laws, as well as claims for misappropriation of confidential information, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, civil conspiracy and respondeat superior.
3 minute read
By Allison Dunn | October 11, 2023
A federal judge in Massachusetts partially granted summary judgment to a plaintiff who alleged that her attorneys overbilled her after successfully representing her in an underlying $10 million premises liability action.
6 minute read
By Ellen C. Brotman | October 11, 2023
Why are conflicts so important in the regulation of attorneys? Because we owe our clients our undivided loyalty in pursuing their goals. Things can get messy fast when either the interests of former clients, or our own personal or professional interests are competing for that loyalty.
6 minute read
By Mason Lawlor | October 6, 2023
This case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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