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Latest News in Legal Ethics

  • November 03, 2026

    Colo. Company Accused Of Improperly Collecting Legal Fees

    A Colorado company that purports to get customer disputes expunged from Financial Industry Regulatory Authority unlawfully collects legal fees for its services while claiming not to be a law firm, an Illinois financial adviser said in Colorado state court Friday.

  • November 03, 2026

    Justices To Hear Apple App Store Contempt Case In January

    The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled an argument on Jan. 11 for Apple's challenge to a contempt order issued for allegedly trying to use high commissions to prevent app developers from steering users to outside payment methods in a case brought by Epic Games.

  • November 03, 2026

    Willkie Partner Loses Claims Over Conn. Atty's NY Post Tip

    A Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner and his wife cannot hold a solo practitioner liable for directing a New York Post reporter to an insult-laced affidavit a landlord filed in an underlying lawsuit surrounding the lease of a multimillion-dollar mansion, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled.

  • November 03, 2026

    Choice Spine Says Polsinelli Sanctions Bid Is Premature

    Medical device company Choice Spine LLC has told a Tennessee federal judge that Polsinelli's request for sanctions was a "premature merits challenge in the guise of a sanctions request" in a case in which Choice Spine is accusing the law firm of pursuing bad faith patent infringement claims.

  • November 03, 2026

    Texas Firm Should Face Ex-Atty's Military Bias Suit, Court Told

    A former attorney for The Law Offices of Allen Rad PC is urging a Texas federal court to let his discrimination suit against the firm proceed, saying he has filed an amended complaint that plausibly pleads he was fired due to his Texas National Guard service.

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