Judicial Ethics
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Richard Donoghue is leaving his post as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York to take a job at the U.S. Department of Justice headquarters, a development that comes on the heels of the messy recent ouster of Donoghue’s Manhattan-based colleague Geoffrey Berman… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A former “rainmaker” for Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP followed two ex-partners in suing the firm over an allegedly wrongful firing, claiming Kasowitz brought him on with promises of lucrative business opportunities only to ditch him when he began suffering from mental illness… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The District of Columbia Bar has given lawyers the green light to accept cryptocurrencies in exchange for legal services, although the body’s ethics opinion said attorneys should take care to ensure the arrangements are fair and that the payments are secure… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Pennsylvania judge is facing disciplinary proceedings after court staff complained the judge had repeatedly made sexually themed remarks and engaged in other lewd and unwanted behavior, such as sitting on one staff member’s lap and feigning unwanted touching of another… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The company behind Napster has urged a California federal judge to reject a “wildly inflated” request for $6.1 million in attorney fees lodged by songwriters as part of a settlement aiming to end claims that Napster failed to pay millions in so-called mechanical royalties… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 