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Latest News in Legal Ethics

  • August 14, 2026

    MSG Beats Charles Oakley Assault Suit Over Knicks Ejection

    A New York federal judge on Friday threw out — this time for good — former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley's assault and battery suit over his 2017 ejection from Madison Square Garden, though the judge kept the case open as the parties continue to spar over destroyed text messages and sanctions.

  • August 14, 2026

    In First, 2nd Circ. Allows DNA Warrant Without Match Sample

    The Second Circuit has ruled that a man cannot suppress a court-ordered DNA sample in his murder case even though police had not identified a viable comparison sample from the crime scene, becoming the first federal circuit court to address the question.

  • August 14, 2026

    Chicago Deputy Corp. Counsel Accused Of Disability Bias

    A deputy corporation counsel in Chicago's legal department has been hit with discrimination claims for allegedly treating a supervising attorney's physical disability and workplace accommodation with "open hostility" before summoning her to a baseless disciplinary meeting in retaliation against her internal complaint.

  • August 14, 2026

    NC Law Firm's 'Personal Goodwill' Not Marital Property

    North Carolina's highest court Friday sided with an intellectual property attorney in finding that the value of his law firm attributable to his firm's "personal goodwill" is not marital property and thus can't be divvied up for equal distribution to his ex-wife following their divorce.

  • August 14, 2026

    Atty Hits Conn. Prosecutors With Pregnancy Bias Suit

    An attorney who was terminated from the Connecticut prosecutors' office that responds to habeas petitions has brought a federal lawsuit alleging she was isolated, punished, overwhelmed with assignments and then let go because she took maternity leave.

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