Commentary: Celebrity Extortion and the Press Oct 31, 2009
Until then, as we see it, attorney ethics do not require Halderman's lawyer to sit idly by and allow Letterman, as a publicly vocal victim/witness with a platform, to believe his trial testimony will be a cakewalk. Lettermen did, ostensibly without discouragement from the district attorney, draw first blood in the media. (Law.com)
Disbarment Sought for Law Firm Partner Who Secreted $50,000 Payment Jul 9, 2009
"Since the Special Master has made findings clearly and convincingly that there was intent to do harm to the firm, and there was a disregard of standards of ethics, the only recommendation is disbarment," Cramp said in his April 16 decision in Office of Attorney Ethics v. Gross, XIV-06-67E. ... The client complied and paid Levy and Gross $50,000 each, but the Office of Attorney Ethics claimed Gross was not authorized to split the fee, and Cramp concurs. (Law.com)
Loan-Modification Work May Flout Ethics Rules, N.J. Panels Warn Jul 7, 2009
"Most of the business models raised by attorneys for review ... entail serious attorney ethics violations.". Inquiries to the ethics hotline generally related three scenarios, the committees say. (Law.com)
Holocaust Victims' Lawyer Disbarred for Trust-Fund Dipping Jun 24, 2009
Fagan made the same argument to the New Jersey Supreme Court last week and repeated allegations that the Office of Attorney Ethics mishandled his records, preventing him from proving that he had done legal work for the clients that entitled him to the money. He told the justices that the OAE examined boxes of records he had kept for safekeeping with another attorney and that by the time he could look at the documents again they were in disarray and not usable to support his contention he... (Law.com)
New Attorney Ethics Standards to Take Effect in New York Apr 1, 2009
Top Stories From Law. A for New York attorneys that goes into effect Wednesday should largely be familiar to lawyers who have practiced under the old standards, according to the chairman of the State Bar committee that began developing the new code nearly six years ago. (Law.com)
