The Third District Florida court of appeals got some press this summer when it affirmed an order refusing to disqualify a judge who was Facebook friends with one of the lawyers in a case before her. The court wrote that “a ‘friend’ on a social networking website is not necessarily a friend in the traditional
$ + witness = suspension in Nevada; lawyer was not “merely negligent”
A lawyer who offered a witness $7,000 for his “honest testimony” was suspended for 35 days by the Nevada Supreme Court, after a state discipline board divided on whether a public reprimand was sufficient.
The opinion is a reminder about the limits of advocacy.
Truth is no defense
The lawyer’s client disputed a will. The
Deleted spam leads to missed appeal; not excusable, FL court of appeals holds
If the clerk of courts e-mails you an order that your client must pay $1 million in attorney fees to the opposing party, but your spam filter catches the e-mail and then deletes it after 30 days without alerting you, and you therefore fail to appeal the order in time — well, your client may
FL firm trawling for clients in PA draws suit for unfair competition
A Philadelphia personal injury law firm has sued an out-of-state competitor in Pennsylvania federal court, claiming that its TV, billboard and on-line ads reaching the Philadelphia area are false and misleading, violating the Lanham Act and constituting unfair competition.
The case is a reminder that the ethics rules and disciplinary action aren’t the only exposure