Judicial Ethics
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Former employees of the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday renewed calls for the resignation of Attorney General William Barr in the wake of the DOJ’s controversial move to dismiss a criminal case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Just over a quarter of the aspiring attorneys who took the Golden State’s bar exam in February passed the test, marking a record low percentage of successful applicants, according to new data from the State Bar of California… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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More than two dozen law firms, including a slew of BigLaw firms, have joined an initiative by Los Angeles city officials and nonprofits that aims to boost the availability of free legal services for local residents and businesses struggling with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The online attorney search website LegalMatch.com is operating in California without the proper approvals, and lawyers who accept referrals from the site might also be running afoul of the law, the State Bar of California said in a new lawsuit… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A former Arizona county prosecutor who oversaw the high-profile murder case against Jodi Arias has been officially reprimanded for breaking ethics rules in three other cases, partially reversing a disciplinary panel’s determination that the prosecutor had toed the line, but hadn’t crossed it… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 