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Attorney misconduct is unethical or illegal conduct by an attorney. Attorney misconduct may include: conflict of interest, overbilling, false or misleading statements, knowingly pursuing frivolous and meritless lawsuits, concealing evidence, abandoning a client, failing to disclose all relevant facts, arguing a position while neglecting to disclose prior law which might counter the argument ...
With certain exceptions, an attorney who becomes aware that either a fellow attorney or a judge has committed an act in violation of the rules of ethical conduct must report that violation. Failure to do so subjects the attorney failing to make the report to discipline. [2] The duty extends only to actual knowledge possessed by an attorney. An ...
Neronha had argued in papers seeking to vacate the judge's order to appear that he was exercising his First Amendment rights in making the social media posts and that the court’s order violated ...
The latest message currently being shared across the photo and video-centric social media platform falsely claims that users must share the statement in order to prevent Meta from legally “using ...
Disbarment, also known as striking off, is the removal of a lawyer from a bar association or the practice of law, thus revoking their law license or admission to practice law. Disbarment is usually a punishment for unethical or criminal conduct but may also be imposed for incompetence or incapacity.
Their unethical deeds must be exposed and condemned by others in their profession. And the miscreants should resign or be forced out. This kind of discipline is not only about punishing the wrongdoer.
Social media has become notable in threats against high-profile Federal judges. Several threats or encouragements of others to kill United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit judge Brett Kavanaugh or members of the Senate who supported confirmation of his appointment to the US Supreme Court were made on Twitter. Twitter ...
After the Supreme Court's 2023 ruling on affirmative action, conservative legal groups sued or filed complaints against several bar associations and law firms over such programs, alleging they are ...