At Legal Malpractice Law Review, Ben Wasserman looks at a Pennsylvania case, Rizzo v. Haines, where the lawyer's alleged mistake was so obvious than expert was not needed. [edited] . . . . . Ellen Podgor and Tom Kirkendall analyze how the DOJ entered into an undisclosed agreement with American Express to freeze out the employment of an executive who ultimately was cleared of wrong-doing. . . . . . A controversial New Zealand lawyer, Chris Comesky, cops to professional misconduct. . . . . . "Female judges gain ground in Jordan." . . . . . A family fight and an allegedly side-switching lawyer lead to a former client's $3.7 million verdict against the lawyer. . . . . . Jim Jones, of Hildebrandt, is interviewed about the recent market corrections for private practice lawyers. . . . . .
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Recent Posts
- Reviving the weekly "Legal Ethics Items" post
- International Legal Ethics Conference 2020 Lawyers in Divided Times
- Lawyers and the FISA process
- Truthfulness in Statements to Clients
- AALS Section on Professional Responsibility 2020 Annual Meeting Call for Papers Announcement
- Remembering Professor Judith Maute
- Supreme Court Ethics Act
- Ethos and the defense of the indefensible
- the voicemail from Trump's lawyer to Flynn's lawyer
- The NYT's Mistaken Assessment of the McGahn Subpoena