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Legal Ethics & Professionalism

July 20, 2020

U.S. Fifth Circuit Affirms Classwide Arbitration Award, While Noting Defense Counsel’s Change-in-Position and Demand for Oral Argument

Written by Steve Herman
July 13, 2020

U.S. Second Circuit Holds Defense Counsel’s Misstatements in Pleadings Not Judicial Admissions

Written by Steve Herman
July 6, 2020

U.S. Fifth Circuit Rejects General Privilege Over Identity of Clients

Written by Steve Herman
June 27, 2020

U.S. Fifth Circuit Declines to Sanction Defendant for Frivolous Appeal

Written by Steve Herman
June 15, 2020

Minnesota Supreme Court Approves Litigation-Funding Agreements

Written by Steve Herman
June 9, 2020

California Court of Appeal Holds that LegalMatch.com Operates an Uncertified “Lawyer Referral Service” within Meaning of California Law

Written by Steve Herman
June 2, 2020

New York State Bar Provides Guidance to Attorneys Asked to Destroy their Files

Written by Steve Herman
June 1, 2020

Magistrate in the Northern District of New York Declines to Preclude Ex Parte Communications with Opposing Party’s Former Employee

Written by Steve Herman
June 1, 2020

Defendant in Certified Class Action Sanctioned for Interfering with Notice Process and Defense Counsel Sanctioned for Improper Communications with Class – Rejecting, as Willful Blindness, Attorney’s “Failure to Scroll” Defense

Written by Steve Herman
June 1, 2020

California Court of Appeals Invalidates Fee-Sharing Agreement in Class Action Based on Violation of Professional Rule; Remands for Consideration of Quantum Meruit; Rejects that Only Hours, and Not Value of Referral, Can Be Considered

Written by Steve Herman