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A Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney has secured an early win in a legal malpractice case alleging he botched an estate planning matter and lost his client millions in a later divorce, with a New Jersey federal court finding the client couldn't prove "proximate causation" of alleged damages in light of her subsequent divorce settlement. ....
This weekend marks the end of a three-week debut run of the one-man show "Like They Do in the Movies," written and performed by Tony Award-winning actor Laurence Fishburne, which includes the moving story of what his longtime friend, Duane Morris partner Joe West, endured at a New Orleans hospital during Hurricane Katrina. ....
Both current and former government attorneys who take on private clients should look out for instances where their possession of "confidential government information" calls for them to be disqualified from representing a client, according to the latest guidance from the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, released Wednesday. ....
Jeffrey Clark, an assistant attorney general for the U.S. Justice Department under President Donald Trump, has asked a District of Columbia ethics panel to block fellow former DOJ officials from testifying in a disciplinary proceeding resulting from his alleged role in promoting the former president's bogus stolen election claims. ....
Two longtime ArentFox Schiff LLP information technology contractors have sued the firm in Illinois federal court for alleged violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, saying they were let go in favor of younger employees despite expertise and willingness to continue their roles. ....