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Latest News in Legal Ethics

  • July 31, 2026

    District Judge Halts Overlapping Valve Arbitration Fee Suit

    A Washington federal court has paused a proposed class action from gamers seeking nearly $21 million in arbitration fees from Valve as the company appeals an order in another case declining to stop arbitrations against it.

  • July 31, 2026

    Ariz. Justices Clarify Clergy Minor Abuse Reporting Laws

    Arizona's highest court has unanimously determined that under the state's child abuse statute, clergy members who learn about an abuse of a minor are not required to report it if the clergy learned about the abuse through confession, or if reporting it would violate their religion.

  • July 31, 2026

    Atty Sanctioned Over Confidential Info In Race Bias Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge sanctioned an attorney Friday representing a Black travel nurse who said she was racially harassed on the job, ruling punishment was necessary after the lawyer ignored warnings that the nurse's complaint contained confidential discovery information and published the suit to the docket anyway.

  • July 31, 2026

    Amundsen Davis Fights Malpractice Suit Over Nobu Hotel Row

    Amundsen Davis is seeking to toss a malpractice suit from the romantic partner of a construction executive found liable for misusing millions meant for Chicago's Nobu Hotel, blasting as "fatally flawed" her allegations that the firm cost her the chance to appeal a six-figure judgment against her.

  • July 31, 2026

    Justices Asked To Clarify Arbitrator Bias Vacatur Rule

    The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to clarify the standards under which an arbitral award can be vacated, in a petition that seeks to nix an award favoring a nursing home issued by an arbitrator who failed to disclose a previous censure over improper campaign contributions.

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