July 03, 2019
During the first six months of 2019, the legal ethics arena saw a Tenth Circuit decision on judicial ethics complaints against U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the first of several potential rulings on conflicts in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions case. Here are some of the top legal ethics and malpractice decisions from the first half of the year.
April 03, 2019
BakerHostetler earned its disqualification from key cases in the multidistrict opioid litigation because it crossed an "ethical line" by enlisting an attorney with potential inside information, local governments told an Ohio federal court Wednesday.
April 01, 2019
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. is decrying the disqualification of BakerHostetler from bellwether cases in the multidistrict opioid litigation, asserting that an Ohio federal judge "effectively became a witness" against the law firm during disqualification proceedings.
March 20, 2019
An Ohio federal judge on Wednesday disqualified BakerHostetler from two bellwether cases in the multidistrict opioid litigation, citing confidential information that a firm partner viewed while working at the U.S. Department of Justice.