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NYU Law professor Stephen Gillers called on the legal profession to do more to combat what he said is efforts to consolidate ...
Here’s how those courts operate and why the principle governing them matters. The U.S. legal system is built on openness, with multiple layers of legal protection that guarantee public access to court ...
As technology reshapes every corner of professional life, legal ethics finds itself in a transformative spotlight. Traditionally defined by the safeguarding of confidentiality, the responsible ...
Complaint to legal watchdog accuses UKLFI and its director Caroline Turner of using unregulated legal threats to silence ...
Former CJI D Y Chandrachud advises aspiring lawyers to focus on ethics and ignore insults. He emphasizes mental health ...
How did $72,000 worth of law firm payments start for the ethics investigation into Watertown City Council Member Cliff Olney?
America First Legal received $44.4 million in contributions in 2022, the most recent year for which its tax returns are publicly available. The 65 Project's annual budgets are not publicly available.
Mr. Cummings is a professor of legal ethics at the U.C.L.A. School of Law and the director of the program on legal ethics and democracy. Every year, The American Lawyer publishes a scorecard ...
My question for legal ethics experts, though, is whether Winston’s conduct might also violate any ethical norms. The journalist in me screams “Heck yeah.” But legal writing isn’t journalism.
Referral fees are commonplace in the legal profession where an attorney who refers a client to another practitioner will receive a “fee” at the conclusion of the matter for the case referral ...
Legal ethics watchdogs in the District of Columbia and Georgia have dismissed complaints against the lawyer Stefan C. Passantino over allegations that he pressured a former client, Cassidy ...
Ideas A Blatant Violation of Legal Ethics DOJ lawyers pride themselves on working for an organization that is unique among federal agencies in its independence from politics—for now.