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Latest News in Legal Ethics

  • November 06, 2026

    Judge Calls Law Firm's Client Letters 'Troubling' In Fraud Suit

    A Washington federal judge said Friday he was "extremely" troubled by an immigration law firm's apparent attempt to secure legal releases from former clients — now potential class members in a fraud lawsuit against the firm and its founder — by offering them refunds.

  • November 06, 2026

    Fla. Judge Rejects Guilty Plea Over TikTok Threats To Trump

    A Florida federal magistrate judge recommended that the court reject a woman's guilty plea for allegedly threatening President Trump in a profanity-laced TikTok livestream, saying the facts in the case don't show that the video contained a true threat of violence. 

  • November 06, 2026

    Agtech Co. Beats Its Founder's Receiver Bid In Del. Court

    The Delaware Chancery Court has recommended dismissing with prejudice a founder's bid to put agricultural technology company HerdDogg Inc. into receivership, finding her insolvency allegations unsupported and that her claims largely repeated a dismissed Colorado federal lawsuit.

  • November 06, 2026

    Ex-Solicitor Hopes Municipal Jobs Support Reinstatement Bid

    A former Pennsylvania city solicitor's depression and financial struggles had eroded his judgment when he took more than $100,000 from his IOLTA account to pay his bills and office salaries, he told a disciplinary hearing board Friday in his bid to be reinstated from suspension.

  • November 06, 2026

    Lack Of Representation Dooms Calif. Biz Owner's RICO Suit

    A California federal judge has dismissed a business owner's sprawling Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act suit against his former business partner after the company went too long without an attorney representing it.

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