Judicial Ethics
-
Reed Smith LLP bungled its representation of two now-defunct Bear Stearns investment funds that had sued ratings agencies for overvaluing residential mortgage-backed securities they bought, the funds claimed in a suit filed Tuesday in New York state court seeking more than half a billion dollars in damages… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
-
A partner at a boutique Chicago law firm admitted that he overbilled clients there and at his previous job at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, according to a complaint made public Thursday by the body in charge of registering and disciplining Illinois attorneys… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
-
A California appeals judge engaged in a two-decade pattern of misbehavior that included repeatedly groping a fellow judge, making unwanted sexual advances toward police officers and appearing drunk while purportedly on official business, according to a filing in a disciplinary action made public Monday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
-
A California federal judge agreed with Uber Technologies Inc. on Wednesday that a conflict of interest involving its opponents’ attorneys at Keller Lenkner LLC is grounds to boot them from a case claiming the ride-hailing company misclassifies its drivers as independent contractors to gain a competitive edge… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
-
A Chicago real estate developer who pled guilty to a $22.9 million bank fraud scheme is seeking to kick the presiding judge off the case ahead of sentencing, arguing in a Tuesday motion that the judge has acted “openly hostile” toward his lawyer… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 