Lawyer Ethics

Is Securitization Evil? Dechert Attorney Takes On The Pope

June 18, 2018

A declaration from the papacy took aim at securitization and credit default swaps, characterizing them as a kind of predatory […]

The Civil Rights Lawyer Who Set Himself on Fire

May 31, 2018

A noted civil rights attorney, who later in his career turned to the climate change issue, committed suicide as an […]

Sharing Protected Information With Potential Litigation Funders

May 25, 2018

Third-party funding of litigation projects, increasingly popular with plaintiffs, can raise serious questions about protected information. Defendants in some of […]

Elite FLA Firm Accused Of Bribery, Stiffing Client

May 18, 2018

A Fort Lauderdale law firm known for helping George Bush’s case in his year 2000 election victory and for winning […]

Massive Slip-And-Fall Scheme Alleged In New York

May 16, 2018

Five men have been charged in what federal prosecutors in Manhattan say was a massive litigation fraud that involved doctors, […]

Lawsuit Alleges Fake Data Breaches, Corrupt Prosecutor

May 4, 2018

LabMD, an Atlanta-based cancer detection lab and the target of an FTC data security enforcement action, has sued a former […]

Stealth Email Tracking By Law Firms Deemed Unethical

April 27, 2018

Stealth email tracking software, sometimes called spymail, is likely employed “in just about every marketing email you receive,” writes Mark […]

Mesh Litigation Conspiracy Alleged

April 18, 2018

According to a New York Times investigative article, an “assembly-line-like system” involving plaintiff attorneys, litigation funders, banks, physicians and marketers is […]

“If I Don’t Bribe Them Somebody Else Will”

March 29, 2018

Richard Bistrong, writing in the FCPA Blog, describes the fundamental mindset that leads to corrupt practices; lack of faith in […]

In-House Lawyers Can Be FCPA Targets

February 16, 2018

In one case, the company itself got off the hook on the basis of full disclosure and cooperation, but no such luck for the former GC…

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