Wisconsin Lawyer Loses Law License
The Wisconsin Lawyer reported in its November issue that the Wisconsin Supreme Court has permanently revoked...
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Terrorist-Financing Suit against Arab Bank Dismissed
On Tuesday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by a U.S. citizen wounded in the Middle East seeking damages...
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Anti-Abortion Protester Wins Rights to Claim Attorney Fees
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the decisions of two lower courts that had denied the claims for...
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NY Supreme Court Reverses Malpractice Dismissal
Recently, on November 1, the dismissal of a malpractice case against the law firm Judge & Duffy was reversed...
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County Cannot Sue State over Voting Machines in New York
On Thursday, the Appellate Division, Third Department dismissed a petition brought by Nassau County alleging...
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Buffalo Lawyer Sued for Faking Mortgages and Defrauding Longtime Friend
This week, Thomas J. Wojciechowski, a Southtowns judge and former partner and head of the Bouvier Partnership...
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NY State Court of Appeals Rejects Claims of Six Bar Associations; Chief Judge Dissents
New York’s City’s agenda to move tens of thousands of criminal cases involving indigent defense from the...
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Hurricane Sandy Tests Digital Prowess of Law Firms
With the depredations of Hurricane Sandy, and courts being closed from Virginia to New York, law firms, which...
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Attorney Mama Facing Disbarment
Recently, the State Bar of California has recommended the disbarment of an attorney from Foster City,...
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When The Defense Lawyer’s Decision Prevails Over That of The Defendant
This week, the New York Court of Appeals found that a decision to seek a jury charge on a lesser offense is a...
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Mandatory Pro Bono Hours for New Jersey Bar?
It was learned last week that Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, New Jersey, has formed a 17-member panel to review...
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NY Justice Disbarred for Deception
On Wednesday, the New York Court of Appeals disbarred New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph Alessandro. A...
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Covington Challenges its Disqualification in Representing Minnesota
On Wednesday, Covington & Burling filed an application at Minnesota’s Court of Appeals seeking permission to...
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NY Court of Appeals Considers Whether a Judge Can Disqualify a Prosecutor
On Tuesday, the question of whether a judge has the authority to disqualify a prosecutor came up for...
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Justice Paul Stevens Reignites Gun Control Debate at Congress
On Monday, retired US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 92, asked the Congress to act, and the...
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The ''Death with Dignity Act'' Debate in Massachusetts
Next month, voters in Massachusetts would be casting their votes for or against the “Death with Dignity”...
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Covington & Burling Disqualified from Representing Minnesota in Groundwater Case
On Thursday, the D.C. law firm of Covington & Burling, which is the private counsel of the state of Minnesota...
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Malpractice Suit against Milberg Blocked by 2nd Circuit
On Wednesday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the block on a malpractice suit brought in state...
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Former “Pay to Play” Pension Fund Officer Sentenced
The former chief investment officer at the New York State pension fund, David Loglisci, was sentenced on...
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NY Fourth Department Raises Stakes for Gun Manufacturers and Sellers’ Liability in Shooting Incidents
On Friday, a unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, reversed a 2011 ruling that...
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District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer’s Ruling for Pro-Israel/Anti-Jihad Bus Advertisement
Judge Rosemary Mayers Collyer serves the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She was...
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Florida Supreme Court Justices Speak Against Political Influence
On Friday, three Florida Supreme Court justices, Fred Lewis, Barbara Parient, and Peggy Quince, took on the...
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City Department of Consumer Affairs Cannot Regulate Lawyer Conduct
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Eric Vitaliano struck down part of a 2009 New York City law that allowed the...
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Willie Gary’s Law Firm Ordered to Pay $12.5 Million to LFG National Capital
Willie Gary, Florida, is famous for winning multi-million dollar verdicts for clients, but defaulted on...
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Attorney Who Fled the Country after Embezzling Clients’ Money: Pleads Guilty
On Tuesday, Douglas Arntsen, 35, who was accused of fleeing the country, pled guilty to embezzling more than $...
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Heads of Law Firm Winters & Yonker Suspended for ‘Stealing Clients’
The television advertisements of Winters & Yonker were pulled off the air after the heads of the law firm,...
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Photographing Prosecution Documents Gets Defense Attorney Censured
On Thursday, the Appellate Division, Third Department of New York censured prominent Albany defense attorney...
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Delaware Judge Dismisses Derivative Lawsuit for Plaintiffs Being Too Hasty
On Tuesday, Judge Travis Laster on Delaware’s Court of Chancery, effectively put the plaintiff’s bar on...
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Supreme Court to Consider Applicability of “Litigation Exception” in DPPA for Soliciting Clients
To what extent can a lawyer gather personal information on drivers with a view to recruiting prospective...
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In New York, Judges Having Special License Plates is Not Unethical
In its opinion released last week, the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics, New York, said that special...
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