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Latest News in Legal Ethics

  • July 23, 2026

    Lenovo Wants 'Bad Faith' Infringement Claims Shut Down

    Lenovo on Wednesday asked a North Carolina federal judge to step in and halt a "coordinated campaign of bad faith patent assertions" from Longhorn IP, claiming that the state's Abusive Patent Assertions Act was designed to protect Lenovo from "precisely this kind of conduct."

  • July 23, 2026

    Insurer Denies Duty To Defend Texas Firm In 14 Barratry Suits

    Everest National Insurance Co. told a Texas federal court it has no duty to pay for Bush & Bush Law Group PC's defense in 14 barratry lawsuits, but the firm has taken to litigation to try to strong-arm it into doing so.

  • July 23, 2026

    Firm Must Share Sanctions In Door IP Suit, Fed. Circ. Says

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday refused to let a law firm off the hook for about $23,000 in sanctions implemented by a federal judge for not complying with a discovery order in a door manufacturing patent case, ruling that the judge did not improperly rely on a letter the firm said he did.

  • July 23, 2026

    Ex-Girardi Atty Says Probation's Enough For Role In Theft

    A former Girardi Keese attorney argued Thursday that probation would be a sufficient punishment for his admitted role in helping once-celebrated plaintiffs' attorney Tom Girardi steal millions of settlement dollars from clients whose family members died in a plane crash.

  • July 23, 2026

    Team Systems Execs Seek Recusal In Ch. 7 Clawback Suit

    Former executives of bankrupt government contractor Team Systems International asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to recuse himself from the contractor's Chapter 7 case and a $14 million clawback case against the executives by the Chapter 7 trustee.

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