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Legal Ethics Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on legal malpractice cases and attorney misconduct. Coverage includes criminal allegations, disciplinary actions, and recusals involving attorneys and judges, as well as legal rules and standards.
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Latest News in Legal Ethics
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October 31, 2025
JPMorgan Kept Biz With 'Child Sleaze' Epstein Despite Flags
JPMorgan Chase reported Jeffrey Epstein's suspicious cash transactions suggesting sex-trafficking years before the financier faced felony charges, but the bank continued to do business with him even as banking executives joked internally about Epstein as a "known child sleaze," according to documents unsealed in New York federal court Friday.
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October 31, 2025
Ex-Knick Must Pay Madison Square Garden $642K Legal Fees
Charles Oakley must pay Madison Square Garden a little more than $642,000 for legal fees stemming from its pursuit of the former New York Knick's deleted text messages in his battery suit against the arena, a federal magistrate judge ruled Friday, cutting down the arena's requested $1.5 million.
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October 31, 2025
Property Developer Sues Colo. Atty, Firm For Malpractice
A Colorado residential property developer has filed a malpractice lawsuit against a local attorney and his firm, alleging the lawyer's negligence in handling the developer's case stemmed from medical setbacks from a fall that led to his retirement.
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October 31, 2025
Tesla Sanctioned For Withholding Docs In Fatal Crash Case
A Florida state judge has hit Tesla with sanctions in a fatal crash suit for repeatedly failing to produce documents related to testing of its vehicles despite repeated requests and then finally handing them over in a format that makes them "virtually useless to the plaintiffs."
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October 31, 2025
Valve Wants Sanctions In 'Patent Troll' Suit In Wash.
Video game company Valve Corp. has asked for sanctions against a patent-licensing company executive in a lawsuit over alleged patent trolling, saying he hasn't properly responded to requests for information in the case.
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