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The Hague Principles on Ethical Standards for Counsel Appearing before International Courts and Tribunals

Posted on October 11, 2010
The principles were finalized in late September. (Thanks to Laurel Terry for sending along this news. If you're interested in the globalization of the legal profession, including how that affects the law governing lawyers, then visiting Laurels website is a...

Silicon Graphics, Inc. v. ATI Technologies, Inc., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107057 (W.D. Wis. Oct. 5, 2010)

Posted on October 11, 2010
Bill Freivogel sends along news of this new decision, which Bill says is an important, well reasoned decision -- but I can't find it online. Do any of our readers have a copy? (Bill's site, Freivogel on Conflicts, is one...

Legal Ethics Items (October 11, 2010)

Posted on October 11, 2010
Tax Prof Blog: law schools drop some night programs. News account re Fish v. Rutan & Tucker: in California, a patent lawyer who loaned a client money and took a security interest was required to indemnify his prior law firm...

First annual Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize for Scholarship

Posted on October 11, 2010
Submissions and nominations of articles are now being accepted for the first annual Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize for Scholarship in Professional Responsibility. To honor Fred's memory, the committee will select from among articles in the field of Professional Responsibility...

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Supreme Court Specialists and Cause Lawyering

Posted on October 10, 2010
The NYT this morning has an interesting article by Adam Liptak about Supreme Court advocacy specialists (or would-be Supreme Court specialists) who sometimes volunteer for high-profile cases that can be headed for the S.Ct., in order to add to their....

A Spouse's Activism and Judicial Ethics

Posted on October 09, 2010
Does the activism of Justice Thomas's wife raise ethical issues? LEF contributors Stephen Gillers and Steven Lubet along with Deborah Rhode offer their thoughts in a NYT article that appeared on the front page today, available here.

New York Times editorial on recusals at the US Supreme Court

Posted on October 09, 2010
Editorial here.

In memoriam: Richard Nagareda, of Vanderbilt

Posted on October 09, 2010
Richard Nagareda, of Vanderbilt, passed away. The law school has this notice. We had previously mentioned his work on aggregate litigation. (h/t: Leiter Law School Reports)

Legal Ethics Items (October 13, 2010)

Posted on October 08, 2010
One law firm tried to manage client expectations via a surprisingly frank list of "Client Expectations (Realistic or Unrealistic"). (h/t: Jim Calloway) Lawyerist urges firms to use internal wikis. (I think that many firms have been doing this for a...

Is the US now the home of barristers' chambers? (Virtual law firms)

Posted on October 07, 2010
We're seeing more of these virtual law firms, where the lawyers can work at home, or work anywhere for that matter, keep 85% of what they bill, and contribute 15% to pay for back office support (billing, admin stuff, etc.)....

California's one-year of statute of limitations trips up another plaintiff

Posted on October 07, 2010
The unpublished decision is Vrcic v. Martin, and, as has happened before, the plaintiff mistakenly thought that the statute wouldn't start running until a subsequent ruling from the court had come down. When lawyers in California are asked to step...

David Jeong, "Korean Legal Education for the Age of Professionalism: Suggestions for More Concerted Curricula"

Posted on October 07, 2010
One of the most profound recent reforms of legal education has taken place in Korea. Here is David Jeong's article. Abstract: Korea has ushered in a new era of legal education through a revolutionary change in its goals, institutions, and...

Legal Ethics Items (October 7, 2010)

Posted on October 07, 2010
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: the State Bar of Georgia president bemoans the way that lawyers get slammed during popular elections, in an op-ed titled, "Again, it's open season on lawyers." Renee's been blogging about the SCOTUS decisions on the law of lawyering,...

Connick v. Thompson

Posted on October 06, 2010
Today the Court hears oral argument in Connick v. Thompson and, perhaps, will now have the opportunity to weigh in on an issue left unresolved last term when Pottawattamie County v. McGhee was dismissed after the parties reached a settlement....

Plaintiffs allege that their lawyers conspired with defendant; plaintiffs assert crime fraud exception

Posted on October 06, 2010
ALM has the story. The alleged conspiracy is one that arose out of what appears to be an attempt to create a process for resolving non-class aggregate litigation.

Judge Lackey (who brought down Dickie Scruggs by wearing a wire) retires

Posted on October 06, 2010
Judge Henry Lackey is retiring. You may recall that Judge Lackey was approached with a bribe, did the right thing, and brought down famous tort lawyer Dickie Scruggs. More details here.

Legal Ethics Items (October 6, 2010)

Posted on October 06, 2010
A lawyer who handled as many as 65 cases per year for a cruise ship line was terminated and about one year later started filing cases against the former client. According to this ALM story, the cruise lines motions to...

Innocence Project and Santa Clara University School of Law report on prosecutorial misconduct in California

Posted on October 05, 2010
The executive summary is here. Here's the ABA Journal article.

Washington Post editorial on the New Black Panthers case

Posted on October 05, 2010
The editorial supports the DOJ's handling of the case.

Judging lawyers by their choice of clients; should the Human Rights Campaign be given the "Cully Stimson Award"?, the case of LGBT criticism

Posted on October 05, 2010
According to the ABA Journal and Above the Law, the Human Rights Campaign has issued a report on how well US law firms address LGBT issues. The report deducts points from the law firm's score if the firm represents clients...

International lawyering and corruption

Posted on October 05, 2010
The WSJ Law Blog discusses a new report finding that many lawyers practicing international law have been asked to participate in corrupt activities.

Legal Ethics Items (October 5, 2010)

Posted on October 05, 2010
Scott Horton, at Harpers, follows up on the USA Today series on prosecutorial misconduct by federal prosecutors. Interesting case about an Italian law firm that was not permitted to change the firm name to something more commercial and emotional. Virginia...

Supreme Court Preview

Posted on October 04, 2010
Today marks the opening of the 2010 term at the Supreme Court. My article examining the Court's lawyering focus last term recently was published in the American University Law Review, available here. I'm tracking lawyering cases again this term, and....

Gloria Allred and a client's best interests

Posted on October 04, 2010
The San Jose Mercury News covers the career of Gloria Allred, who's been involved in countless high-profile legal matters, including the recent affair of Meg Whitman, a candidate for governor of California. As always, some question if Allred's publicity-seeking actions...

Legal Ethics Items (October 4, 2010)

Posted on October 04, 2010
Benjamin Heineman, Jr., offers this powerful criticism of the European Court of Justice's recent decision in Akzo Nobel, denying the attorney client privilege to in-house counsel. Managing Partner Magazine: a partner from a private practice firm isn't always a good...

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