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Latest News in Legal Ethics

  • September 04, 2026

    Judge Won't Drop Charges Against Adani's Co-Defendants Yet

    Five co-defendants in the federal government's dismissed securities fraud case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani are still on the hook for bribery conspiracy and other charges after a New York federal judge denied the government's request to have the claims dropped, saying the government had not yet supplied a sufficient factual basis to support its dismissal request.

  • September 04, 2026

    Prosecutors Say Trayon White Video Sought To Taint Jury

    Prosecutors are accusing D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. of attempting to tamper with jury selection in his upcoming bribery trial, after he posted a video online showing him in front of the D.C. Superior Courthouse steps urging Black residents to respond to jury summonses.

  • September 04, 2026

    Injury Law Roundup: Meta's Social Media Addiction Deal

    A $17.1 billion social media addiction settlement between Meta and 29 states and Johnson & Johnson's $5.5 billion ovarian cancer deal over its talc products lead Law360's Injury Law Roundup.

  • September 04, 2026

    Fla. Judge Finds Atty, CEO Hindered Forex Ponzi Receiver

    A Florida federal judge on Friday held an attorney and a convicted Ponzi schemer in civil contempt for obstructing a receiver appointed to help recover stolen proceeds in a foreign currency trading fraud, saying they were part of a group formed to discourage investors from trying to get their money back. 

  • September 04, 2026

    DOJ Officials Immune From NJ Mayor's False Arrest Suit

    A New Jersey federal court on Friday dismissed Newark Mayor Ras Baraka's suit against federal officials for his allegedly unlawful arrest last year outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, finding the defendants are immune under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

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