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Latest News in Legal Ethics

  • December 20, 2024

    Proskauer Beats DQ Bid In NJ Hospital Antitrust Fight

    A New Jersey federal judge refused to disqualify Proskauer Rose LLP from defending healthcare network RWJBarnabas Health Inc. in an antitrust lawsuit brought by competitor CarePoint Health Management Associates LLC, saying the present case wasn't substantially related to work the law firm previously did for CarePoint.

  • December 20, 2024

    Jussie Smollett Atty Scores Exit In Attackers' Defamation Suit

    An Illinois federal judge on Friday tossed a defamation suit against the Geragos & Geragos attorney who defended actor Jussie Smollett against charges that he filed a false police report on a staged hate crime, saying that a "whiteface statement" she made about Smollett's attackers on national television was substantially true.

  • December 20, 2024

    Buzbee Pans Jay-Z's 'Astonishing' Sanctions Bid In Diddy Suit

    Personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee urged a Manhattan federal judge on Friday to reject Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's "astonishing request" to change the rules for a sanctions motion in rape litigation against the rapper and Sean "Diddy" Combs, saying the "rich, famous and powerful" must obey the same restrictions as everyone else.

  • December 20, 2024

    Feds Rip Atty For NYC Mayor Over Press Statements

    Prosecutors told a Manhattan federal judge Friday that New York City Mayor Eric Adams' lawyer has violated local court rules by making comments to the press that deride their bribery and corruption case against the mayor as a "contrived" effort to tarnish his reputation.

  • December 20, 2024

    SEC Sues Silver Point Over Atty's Receipt Of Nonpublic Info

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued investment adviser firm Silver Point Capital LP in Connecticut federal court on Friday, alleging that it failed to establish policies to safeguard material nonpublic information, particularly from a now-deceased former BigLaw attorney.

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