Ethics

Sanctions Upheld Against ‘Nationwide’ Law Firm for Violating Section 526

Law firm suspended 90 days for multiple violations of rules of professional conduct.

Chicago Judge Refuses to Confirm a ‘Step’ Chapter 13 Plan

Judge Barnes won’t allow a chapter 13 debtor’s counsel to be paid at the expense of secured creditors.

Ethics (2018 Views from the Bench)

Using Appearance Counsel in Court: Risky Business?

Nov 2018

Raising a Circuit Split, Ninth Circuit’s Taggart Opinion Heads for a ‘Cert’ Petition

BAP opinion shows that contempt is virtually impossible to prove in the Ninth Circuit following Taggart.

Circuits Split on Sovereign Immunity and Emotional Distress Damages for a Stay Violation

Ninth Circuit splits with the First on the interpretation of Section 106(a).

Ethics Roundtable

I Confess! The Ethical Obligation to Tattle on Yourself

Oct 2018

Judicial Town Hall: Ethics of Decision-Making

Images of Lawyers in Film: Legal Ethics and the Movies