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In a bankruptcy auction, a lawyer bought a claim against himself and then dropped the case.       . . . . .        As I mentioned previously: the allegations of a politicized and racially-biased DOJ aren't going away and now the Washington Post ombudsman calls for more scrutiny.  As was the case last time I posted on this, I've yet to hear good explanations as to why the injunction against the second man on the scene was dropped or why the national organization and its president were named in the first place.  It also seems that the critics believe they will easily be able to prove up some race-based comments from within DOJ.  We'll see (or not, depending on whether the issue gains traction).       . . . . .        A biglaw firm gets hit with a malpractice suit claiming that its patent lawyers represented two companies with overlapping technologies, from ALM.       . . . . .        Lawyer punches lawyer in Scranton courthouse, from ALM.       . . . . .        Forbes looks at common conflicts of interest in estate planning.       . . . . .       

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