Legal ethics odds and ends (January 6, 2012)

• JD Journal: Orrick wins a battle in the war over claims by the estate of the Coudert Brothers firm. Claims by the estate of a defunct law firm -- claims over the "unfinished business" that moved to other firms -- are a complicated business. Several others biglaw firms are fending off post-Coudert claims as well.

• Volokh: "Does the First Amendment Protect Your Right to Speak for a Living?"

• ABA Journal: "Stanford Investors Sue Proskauer, Chadbourne, and Ex-Partner Sjoblom in Texas State Court"

• California Lawyer: "When criminal defendants attack their trial lawyers’ competence"

• BNA: "Lawyer May Be Liable to Former Firm in Tort for Improper Efforts to Recruit Firm's Client"