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Ex-prosecutor disbarred for disclosure failures in drug-lab scandal; supervisor, underling get different sanctions

A former assistant attorney general who oversaw the investigation and prosecution of a drug-using chemist at a Massachusetts crime lab has been disbarred for failing to disclose the full extent of the worker’s potential misconduct to affected drug defendants.

Sep 5, 2023 9:07 AM CDT

Lawyer thought fake-client tactic was an acceptable strategy, she tells disciplinary commission

A North Carolina lawyer told a disciplinary commission that she thought that substituting a litigant for her criminal client during an arraignment was “an acceptable strategy.”

Aug 31, 2023 3:29 PM CDT

Judge should be admonished after calling double-parked teacher the B-word, commission says

A judge who called a teacher a “stupid b- - - -” because of her double-parked car should be admonished for the episode, according to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

Aug 31, 2023 2:11 PM CDT

Justice Thomas’ disclosure includes Harlan Crow real estate deal and private plane flights

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas disclosed four reimbursed trips in 2022 and his 2014 real estate deal with Republican megadonor and billionaire Harlan Crow in a financial disclosure form filed Thursday.

Aug 31, 2023 1:15 PM CDT

Federal appeals court tosses lawyer’s challenge to anti-bias ethics rule

A Pennsylvania lawyer does not have standing to challenge a state ethics rule banning discrimination and harassment in the practice of law, a federal appeals court has ruled.

Aug 31, 2023 8:55 AM CDT

Are defendants in Georgia case against Trump entitled to removal? These standards apply

U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia on Monday promised to rule “quickly but reasonably” on a bid by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to remove the criminal racketeering case against him from Fulton County, Georgia, to federal court.

Aug 30, 2023 3:51 PM CDT

Giuliani sanctioned for providing ‘blobs of indecipherable data,’ few documents in discovery

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., entered a default judgment Wednesday against lawyer Rudy Giuliani for failing to provide meaningful discovery to two Georgia poll workers who sued him for defamation after he falsely accused them of election fraud.

Aug 30, 2023 1:25 PM CDT

Onetime SCOTUS contender sues judicial conduct commission, alleging bid to stifle criticism

A North Carolina justice who was once a U.S. Supreme Court contender is alleging that ethics regulators in her state are chilling her First Amendment right to free speech.

Aug 30, 2023 10:43 AM CDT

On Better Terms: What should we do with ‘nonlawyer’?

“Nonlawyer” means someone who isn’t a lawyer. But for years, many have found the word objectionable. And the case against “nonlawyer” isn’t as clear-cut as it might seem, says a lawyer specializing in how to say concisely whatever you want in a contract.

Aug 29, 2023 8:55 AM CDT

Judge faces censure over ‘profane, demeaning’ Facebook posts

A New York judge is facing a censure by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct for using “profane, demeaning and otherwise-inappropriate language” and engaging in “offensive and otherwise-inappropriate behavior” in comments and posts on social media.

Aug 28, 2023 3:48 PM CDT

Ex-prosecutor disbarred for disclosure failures in drug-lab scandal; supervisor, underling get different sanctions

Lawyer thought fake-client tactic was an acceptable strategy, she tells disciplinary commission

Judge should be admonished after calling double-parked teacher the B-word, commission says

Justice Thomas’ disclosure includes Harlan Crow real estate deal and private plane flights

Federal appeals court tosses lawyer’s challenge to anti-bias ethics rule

Are defendants in Georgia case against Trump entitled to removal? These standards apply

Giuliani sanctioned for providing ‘blobs of indecipherable data,’ few documents in discovery

Onetime SCOTUS contender sues judicial conduct commission, alleging bid to stifle criticism

On Better Terms: What should we do with ‘nonlawyer’?

Judge faces censure over ‘profane, demeaning’ Facebook posts

Maine’s top court affirms suspension of lawyer who asked staffer to take his CLE classes

LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters publish reports on lawyers’ attitudes toward AI

Judges’ educational trips look more like ‘luxury vacations,’ Fix the Court says

Alston & Bird resolves dispute over legal advice during pandemic

Former Texas judge questions murder suspect over satanism, receives public reprimand

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