Tag: Legal Ethics
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CourtsFederal Judge Worries Steady Rise In Virulent, Insulting Opinions Might Make Judiciary Look Bad
Shockingly, decades of lionizing a judicial writing style based on calling your colleagues stupid creates young judges who call their colleagues stupid. -
CourtsSidney Powell Avoids Disbarment As Judge Refuses To Consider Misnumbered Exhibits... Seriously.
The 'numerous defects' cited in the opinion dismissing the case against Sidney Powell are underwhelming. 
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Small Law FirmsHarvey Not-So Marvy, Booze Lose, Fox Shox
And, of course, the latest from Trump World!
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CourtsLawyer Accused Of $10 Million Scam That She Allegedly Spent Gambling In Vegas
Vegas is *one* way to blow through your investment capital. -
CourtsProsecutors Sent Trump A Special Valentine's Motion To Pierce Attorney-Client Privilege Under The Crime-Fraud Exception
To have one lawyer subpoenaed by the grand jury may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two lawyers subpoenaed looks like carelessness. Anything beyond that is probably a crime spree. -
Biglaw, CourtsFired Biglaw Partner Sentenced To Prison For Cyberstalking Former Colleagues
Prosecutors said he showed a 'lack of remorse, or even recognition that what he did was criminal.' -
BiglawBiglaw Partner Learns The Hard Way You Can't Launch 'Baseless' Accusations Of Antisemitism
Kramer Levin partner denied pro hac vice admission. -
BiglawSuspended Biglaw Associate Sentenced To Jail Time After Molotov Cocktail Attack
It's taken more than two years for this to happen. How much time will he serve? 
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Legal EthicsJohn Eastman Lawyer Defends Client In Bar Complaint: 'He's Not Rasputin'
Maybe work on the beard ... -
CourtsJudge Whose Medicine Allegedly Had A Side Effect Of Racism Found Not To Have Violated Ethical Conduct
I think the only judge on record to have said that word with more conviction than her is Justice Taney. -
GovernmentDonald Trump Beats Hasty Retreat From Federal Courts After Epic Sanctions Smackdown
Message received, your honor. -
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BiglawBiglaw Associate Billed 277 Hours To Review 20 Documents, Earns 60-Day Suspension To Keep Not Reviewing Documents
Missing out on a whole 100 documents worth of time!
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 01.20.23
* All right everyone. Let’s use our Dr. Evil voices: frivolous lawsuit earns Donald Trump sanction of… one MILLION dollars! Or $937K at least. [NY Times]
* If he’s interested in pushing his luck, his lawsuit against his niece is still going. [Courthouse News Service]
* South Texas Law Houston and Roger Williams Law have both withdrawn support for the USNWR rankings. Without that precious data, how will U.S. News know to keep placing them in the bottom tier? [Law.com]
* Musk likely to take the stand today in Tesla trial. Facing questions from people he can’t suspend? It’s a whole new world out there. [Reuters]
* The trifecta of going hardcore anti-reproductive freedom AND trafficking in rape apologist tropes (women’s testimony means “unsupported”) AND demanding the Court’s 1A & 2A rules be suspended solely for right-wing justices in the same column? Chef’s kiss. [Washington Post]
* And Orrick will merge with Buckley. [Bloomberg]
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CrimeLawyer Accused Of Stabbing Another Lawyer After Nursing A Grudge For Years
He wrote about his rage towards the victim in a self-published book. -
Legal EthicsAttorney Sanctioned For Advising Clients To Spread COVID-19
This is not a great legal strategy. -
GovernmentPattis Out, B*tches
There goes that Proud Boy's chance of losing a billion dollars at his seditious conspiracy trial. -
CourtsTalk About A Cold Shoulder: Judge Steps Down Amid Health And Ethical Conduct Complications
Yeah, you should get your shoulder checked out. Oh, and stop referring to your co-workers as [redacted]. Does a number on morale. -
Legal Ethics‘But My Dead Husband’s Black’ Not An Excuse To Drop The N-Word In Court
The disciplinary commission’s gonna hear about this one.
