Judicial Ethics
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The First Circuit on Friday backed a lower court’s ruling that Japan is the right place for a suit against General Electric brought by Japanese residents who suffered property losses in the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Sweet James LLP, a Southern California personal injury firm known for its unique and extensive advertising campaign, sued a Beverly Hills-based rival Friday over internet advertising and sales pitches to potential clients that allegedly step on Sweet James’ trademark rights… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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An attorney who took off his pants at a security checkpoint in a Florida federal courthouse is fighting a bid to disqualify him as counsel for lawyers being sued by a timeshare company, describing the attempt to boot him from the case as a “heedless and vituperative” attack… Read this piece in its entirety at
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A New York federal judge shot down a coronavirus-related compassionate release bid lodged by a former top deputy to notorious Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, saying Tuesday that the convict had to go through U.S. Bureau of Prisons channels first… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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California-based law firm Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP has been hit with a lawsuit in Los Angeles court claiming one of its name partners was involved in Hollywood honcho Aaron Kaplan’s alleged plot to plant spy cameras in the bedroom of his brother’s widow… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 