Do I Need a Lawyer? Federal Employees Under Investigation [More with McGlinchey Ep. 1]
What to Do When Your University, FBI, or DOJ Knocks on Your Door: Responding to University, Criminal, and Civil Investigations
In a recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, the court granted a motion to dismiss in favor of a debt collection law firm and one of its attorneys who were not licensed as debt...more
On March 7, Arizona Attorney General (AG) Kristin Mayes filed a novel lawsuit alleging consumer fraud and racketeering against numerous entities, individuals, and even law firms and title companies involved in the residential...more
The dispute between the Judicial Council of the Federal Circuit and The Honorable Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has been waging for more than a year (see links below). The...more
OVERVIEW: •On March 22, 2025, the Trump administration published a Presidential Memorandum titled: Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court. •The memo directs Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi to seek...more
In a previous alert, we discussed the proposals put forward by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for all FCA-authorised firms to better integrate non-financial misconduct (NFM) considerations into their senior manager...more
When law firms or legal departments face crises, whether that be a data breach exposing client information, allegations of professional misconduct, a high-profile case gone awry or something truly unexpected, strong...more
No, I am not referring to the Britney Spears song. Instead, it’s fake case cites, a judge’s admonition, sanctions and impending discipline. Today’s lesson comes from U.S. District Court Judge Kelly Rankin in the District of...more
Given how critical depositions are to the legal process, it stands to reason that fair deposition practices are paramount to a legal team’s success. However, several forms of unethical and unfair conduct can emerge during...more
On 28 January 2025, Justice Asif KC ("Asif J") handed down his judgment in Bradley and Another v Frye-Chaikin [2025] CIGC (Civ) 5 in which the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the "Court") commented for the first time in a...more
Last week, the Maryland Supreme Court suspended Maryland District Court Judge Jennifer Etheridge for 20 days for violations of the Maryland Code of Judicial Conduct. The charges, Etheridge’s response, and the order from the...more
In a win for Wiley’s client, a New Jersey appellate court, applying New Jersey law, affirmed a trial court’s decision rescinding four lawyer’s professional liability policies because of material misrepresentations made in the...more
Despite clear judicial warnings and sanctions, legal professionals continue to submit AI-generated court documents with fabricated content. This disturbing trend, exemplified by cases like Mata v. Avianca, threatens the...more
In Ex-Prosecutor Disbarred For Fabricating Harassing Texts – Law360 (Jan. 7, 2025), Thy Vo reported on a fabrication of evidence case. The decision, State of Colorado vs. Yujin Choi, No 24PDJ019, is not yet posted on Recent...more
The PAC recently issued a non-binding opinion, finding a school district did not waive the attorney-client privilege where prior disclosures of the requested records were mandated by state law....more
This is the fifth edition of our blog series on decentralized clinical trials DCTs. Click here to explore the series. The COVID-19 Pandemic required the health care industry to adapt to accommodate remote patient care,...more
On September 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), through the Office of Research Integrity (“ORI”) issued its Final Rule, the long-anticipated update to the 2005 Public Health Service Policies...more
Not surprisingly, the Special Committee of the Federal Circuit after an Oral Hearing on July 10th voted unanimously the maintain Judge Newman's suspension (see "Judge Newman Suspended for One Year by Federal Circuit") handed...more
Law firm breakups are fraught with the potential for attorney misconduct. Attorneys who determine they can no longer work together will often take the additional step of accusing one another of inappropriate conduct....more
Addressing for the first time whether a district court can compel a witness to appear in person for testimony involving fraud on the court, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s...more
Backertop Licensing LLC v. Canary Connect, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2023-2367, -2368, 2024-1016, -1017 (Fed. Cir. July 16, 2024) Our case of the week focuses on the inherent power of the district courts to investigate fraud and...more
“Your honor, no artificial intelligence was used to generate content in this document. However, we would also like to disclose that there is someone in the courtroom who exhibits highly narcissistic traits and, therefore, is...more
Some funding applications submitted to NIH beginning Jan. 25 will face new requirements and undergo a revised peer review process. To prepare investigators and institutions, NIH launched a dedicated website with details about...more
Employment lawsuits typically involve allegations of an employer’s wrongdoing – claims that the employer or its agents intended to and did mistreat, discriminate, or retaliate against employees. However, these “bad actor”...more
On April 22, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a Final Rule titled HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy. The Final Rule strengthens the Health Insurance Portability...more