Lawyer Ethics

Death Row Cases Rife With Bad Lawyering, Harvard Group Warns

One lawyer drunk in court, another struggling with mental illness, and several who missed deadlines, failed to visit clients and […]

Rape Case Lawyer Says Women Are “Very Good At Lying”

“People can be very good at lying,” defense attorney Steve Farese said in closing arguments of a rape case filed […]

Watch Out When Opting For “VPN” Internet Connections

Now that Congress and the Trump administration have blocked proposed Obama administration internet privacy rules, internet providers will be free […]

Judge Criticized For Calling Sex Offender A “Good Man”

Judge Thomas Low became emotional during the sentencing hearing for Keith Robert Vallejo, a former Mormon bishop who faces up […]

San Antonio DA Threatened Defense Lawyers In Chambers

A Texas district judge testified last week that Bexar County, Texas District Attorney Nico LaHood threatened to “shut down” defense […]

Is It Okay To Correct A Supreme Court Justice’s Pronunciation?

The way Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said “antecedent” was so unusual that Regent University School of Law professor James […]

Chief Justice Decries “Partisan Hostility”

Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Roberts, this week said the “partisan hostility” that clouded the nomination process […]

Lawmaker Compares Lincoln To Hitler

Larry Pittman, a member of North Carolina’s House of Representatives, uses the comments section of his Facebook page to unburden […]

Federal Judge’s Opinions Littered With Misstatements

Since 2010, celebrated Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Frank H. Easterbrook has misstated facts, omitted facts, or made assumptions […]

Lawyer Hoping To Marry His Laptop Gets Second Chance

A former Tennessee lawyer suing for the right to marry his laptop – in a bid to undermine the legal […]

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