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Court Slashes Attorney Fees, Slams ChatGPT

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US District Judge Engelmayer, from the Southern District of New York, put on a bit of a clinic last week when ruling on an attorney fee application in J.G. v. New York City Department of Education.  The plaintiff’s law firm...more

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Bankruptcy Court Provides an Object Lesson to Practitioners: Return Your Client’s Calls

Judge Jacqueline P. Cox recently found that three Illinois attorneys violated their ethical obligations by failing to return their client’s phone calls. She thus ordered the attorneys to return half of their...more

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Legal Ethics Update: The Virginia Supreme Court Approves Acceptance of Cryptocurrency as an Advance Payment for Legal Services

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The Virginia Supreme Court approved on September 19, 2022, Legal Ethics Opinion 1898, which permits a lawyer’s receipt of cryptocurrency as an advance payment for legal services. Notwithstanding the relative novelty of the...more

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Witness Coaching by Whisper Leads to Sanctions for Defense Witness and Attorney

As noted in two prior posts, one on May 15, 2020, and the other on May 29, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting explosion in the use of remote depositions present a number of novel issues for lawyers to consider,...more

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