On January 16, 2015, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California ruled that a California attorney forfeit all fees—both earned and already paid—for blatantly violating his duty of loyalty to a former client. Forfeits

A West Virginia lawyer was reprimanded for depositing his personal funds into various client inmates’ prison accounts. Court

BigLaw’s failure to discover a paralegal’s error resulted in JPMorgan’s loss of its secured interest in a $1.5 billion loan. BigLaw

The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado clarified Colorado Rule 1.2(c), on limited scope representation in an order that was precipitated by a disagreement over the type of assistance that an attorney is permitted to provide a pro se litigant. Litigants

A solo practitioner in New York received a two-year suspension after employing a disbarred attorney as a paralegal—the problem arose because the disbarred attorney used an assumed name and was essentially engaged in the practice of law.