Lawyer Ethics

Banks Caught In State/Federal Cannabis Conflict

Lawyers must counsel clients in the nascent industry of state-legalized cannabis that their routine business affairs violate federal law, a […]

A disciplinary board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has recommended censure for former Penn State general counsel Cynthia Baldwin. The […]

An article in the Washington Times highlights Elizabeth Warren’s former work as a “$675-an-hour corporate lawyer,” notably in some high-profile […]

Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen is suing the Trump Organization for nearly $4 million in legal fees and “costs incurred […]

What typically happens in a False Claims Act case is that a whistleblower – a relator in FCA terminology – […]

Shortly before her election in November, the administration of Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynolds okayed a highly unusual settlement of […]

An article in The Atlantic alleges that Russian oligarchs have bought up high-end U.S. real estate on a massive scale, […]

Digital forensics, in particular as applied to internal investigations of potential trade secret theft or improper use of proprietary data, […]

A magistrate judge had a stern message for lawyers from Adidas and to in-house lawyers generally, as he denied a […]

Studies in a number of states find that public defenders are overwhelmed and that they should be spending from between […]