The American Bar Association has just released Formal Opinion 468, which discusses the historical background and intent behind Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.17. Specifically, this Opinion was written to address whether the seller of a law firm may continue to “practice law” to assist the buyer or buyers of the law firm in the orderly transition of active client matters. Sell

The Tennessee Supreme Court suspended an attorney from practice for 30 days for sending an email to a bankruptcy judge, calling the judge a “bully and clown”. Think

A Seymour County defense attorney will be in need of his own defense after he appeared to be under the influence during court proceedings in Shelby County, Indiana, reported the IndyStar. Litigating

A New Jersey lawyer has been suspended for three months due to conduct that “ranged from childish to outrageous.” Unethical

A recent incident in Ohio prompted discussion over the ethical and legal issues associated with one client of a law firm funding another client’s lawsuit while maintaining complete anonymity. Run

The Supreme Court of Arkansas recently delivered an opinion to remove a thirteen-year tenured, Faulkner County Circuit Judge, for his misconduct regarding inappropriate comments about actress Charlize Theron’s 2012 adoption.

An attorney was recently reprimanded by the Iowa Supreme Court Disciplinary Board for his failure to appropriately handle and inform his client about a discovery dispute and perhaps, most notably, for billing his client for the cost of the attorney’s sanctions that were ordered by the court. Double