Earlier this month, Don Bailey’s law license was suspended for five years. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the state’s highest court, issued the sanction recommended by the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board.
According to the New Jersey Supreme Court (“NJSC”), pursuing a career in stand-up comedy, reality television, and film, while simultaneously residing on the bench is incompatible with the State's Code of Judicial Conduct. Rules
A Rhode Island attorney, Gerard Donley, was sentenced to six years in prison in a case in which he was accused of participating in a conspiracy to bribe a witness so that he would not testify against Donley’s client. Coaching
Depending upon a state’s guidelines, attorneys may feature positive reviews from clients and colleagues on their firms’ websites; so why not share similarly glowing remarks from judges? As one New Jersey law firm learned, that is where an ethics committee may draw the line. judicial
Following a New York Fair Labor Standards Act class action, which was settled in January, Chief U.S. District Judge William Skretny entered an order on September 18, 2013, reducing the requested attorneys’ fees by nearly half. Money
Earlier this month, the Delaware Chancery Court decided that corporate officials do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in work e-mail accounts. Alarming? I think so…
People tend to come up with outrageous excuses to relieve them of jury duty. However, this was not the case for award winning actor Tom Hanks, who was selected for jury duty in a domestic violence trial because both sides felt his answers during voir dire were truthful and he did not give any reason for skirting his civic duty. Thanks
“Every attorney admitted to practice in this state (California) has independent duties that are not reduced or eliminated because a superior has directed a certain course of action.” malicious
The 11th Circuit recently ruled that two attorneys did not violate the Florida Rules of Professional conduct for not signing a standard pre-formatted Chapter 13 petition for bankruptcy that they helped a pro se litigant prepare. Ghost