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Partner Accused of Sexual Harassment Hits Associate with Defamation Suit
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In a sensational case that has reportedly “grabbed the attention of the legal profession,” a law firm partner accused of sexual harassment has filed a counterclaim accusing the junior lawyer suing him of defamation.
Read more...Judge Suspended for Disrespect Captured on YouTube
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YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A West Virginia court has upheld a judicial disciplinary committee’s suspension of a family law judge without pay for the remainder of his term in office, according to the Charleston Gazette.
Read more...Class-Action Lawyer Disbarred for Unreasonable Fees
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The Kentucky Supreme Court last week permanently revoked the law license of an attorney known to many as the “godfather of the modern class-action lawsuit,” the Lexington Herald-Leader reports.
Read more...Lawyer's Student Loans May Be Linked to Mom's Slaying
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Authorities in Florida say student loan debt may have played a role in motivating what they suspect was a lawyer's slaying of his own mother, before he committed suicide earlier this year.
Read more...Lohan Lawyer Sanctioned in Suit Over Rap Lyric
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A lawyer for Lindsay Lohan suffered two court losses last week when a court dismissed the actress’s lawsuit against rapper Pitbull for a song lyric.
Senior U.S. District Judge Denis Hurley of Brooklyn, N.Y., tossed the unauthorized publicity suit and sanctioned Lohan’s lawyer $1,500 for conduct related to a cut-and-paste brief, the New York Daily News reports. The Hollywood Reporter's Hollywood, Esq. blog broke the news, which was also picked up by E Online.
Read more...Chicago Lawyer’s Blog Draws Ire of Disciplinary Committee
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The Illinois Attorney Disciplinary Commission filed a complaint on Jan. 8 against a patent and trademark attorney whose blog criticizes the state’s probate system and negatively describes court-appointed guardians, whom she identifies by name, according to a recent article in the National Law Journal.
Read more...Federal Prosecutor Quits Amid Misconduct
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Jim Letten, United States Attorney (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The federal Eastern District of Louisiana, which includes the city of New Orleans, has long been a hotbed of crime and corruption. While local police and prosecutors have continually been involved in endemic misconduct, federal prosecutors in the district were highly successfully at positioning themselves as models of probity. Now, however, this burnished facade of integrity has been all but shattered in light of recent revelations cascading out of the U.S. attorney’s office in New Orleans.
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