Ethics

State Bar Ethics Committee issues 2 opinions
The State Bar of Nevada Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has made available two of its formal opinions. Formal Opinion No. 39 concerns lateral movement of a lawyer in private practice and addresses several issues...

Free CLE, ethics, electronic discovery
“Through December 12, 2007, PLI is giving away a free ethics course online that will count for CLE credit. The course is Ethics and Electronic Discovery 2007, which was recorded in August 2007...

New York Judicial Ethics Opinions
There are a few interesting recent opinions from the New York Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics. In one, the committee opines that a judge "may not engage in the 'business' of performing marriages not solicit requests for such services as...

LinkedIn: Good Idea
If you're on LinkedIn, this recent law.com article on social network sites and legal ethics is worth a read:"There are several ethics opinions that clearly indicate a Web page is an ad," says ethics expert Diane Karpman...

Free Market Foundation Sues Texas Ethics Commission for Stifling Free Speech
The Free Market Foundation reports: "Today, Free Market Foundation is suing the Texas Ethics Commission for a stifling law that prevents any Texas citizen or group of citizens from speaking out on who should be Speaker of the Texas House...

Jones Day - Big Law Firm, Small Ethics
Jones Day is the latest big law firm that seems to believe that its size and money give it a free pass with respect to ethcis. See Trademark Abuse by Jones Day to Suppress Free Speech...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

ValueClick
allegedly violated consumer protection laws by promising ‘free’ goods that where not actually free.

Jevic Transportation
allegedly failing to give 60 days warning before closing plant.

Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.
allegedly failed to give policyholders discounted rates to which they were entitled.

Oppenheimer ATM-Free New York Municipals
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

WA Dept. of Social and Health Services
Class action settlement reached will give $45,000 each to thousands of minority day-care providers.

Ford Explorers
Ford Motor Co. agrees to give out $500 vouchers to SUV owners in class action settlement.