Lawyer Ethics

Idaho State Capitol Building

Idaho Noncompete Law Puts Onus On Employees

Most states have been making it easier for people to switch jobs, but Idaho’s recently passed legislation goes full tilt […]

WA State Bar President Resigns, Is Charged With Criminal Theft

Spokane attorney Robin Haynes resigned as president of the Washington State Bar Association on Sunday, and the next day a […]

Law Student Saves BigLaw Partner From Attack, Gets Summer Associate Gig

John Rowley III, a partner at Baker McKenzie, cannot remember being attacked at a Washington D.C. metro station in May, […]

Feds May Block Pacer To Protect Snitches

In the last three years, nearly 700 witnesses and informants have been threatened, wounded, or killed, leading the federal judiciary […]

Was Al Capone Legal Document Swiped From File?

A 90-year old legal document signed by Al Capone is about to hit the auction block, but that comes as […]

Fugitive Lawyer’s Clients Targeted In Scam

First, his clients watched Kentucky lawyer Eric Conn flee the country to avoid sentencing in a fraud scheme. Then they […]

Judge Rakoff On The Allure Of The Death Penalty

“When my older brother Jan David Rakoff was murdered in 1985, bolts of anger and outrage not infrequently penetrated the […]

Fugitive Lawyer Emails Terms of Surrender

A Kentucky lawyer who is on the lam, evading a nearly $600 million Social Security fraud case, is allegedly behind […]

SCOTUS Blows It, Punishes Wrong Lawyer

The U.S. Supreme Court erred when it informed the the incoming president of the Massachusetts Bar Association that he was […]

Top Law Firms Turned Down Trump

Four top law firms turned down the opportunity to serve as outside counsel for President Donald Trump in navigating ongoing […]

Daily Updates

Sign up for our free daily newsletter for the latest news and business legal developments.

Scroll to Top