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19 Jun 2018, 12:09 pm
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a corporate attorney-client privilege claim In 2008, a patent negotiation occurred between Boehringer (the name brand with the patent) and Barr (the generic seeking to challenge the... [read post]
18 Oct 2019, 12:12 pm
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals declined to order the fitness requirement proposed by its Board on Professional Responsibility and suspended an attorney for one year with automatic reinstatement The Office of Disciplinary Counsel (known until 2015 as the... [read post]
5 Aug 2016, 7:27 am
A stayed suspension and probation imposed by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals translated into a reciprocal public censure from the New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department. [read post]
25 Jun 2015, 7:43 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of claims brought against a law firm that had represented a co-worker of the plaintiff. [read post]
7 Apr 2016, 5:11 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has reversed a plaintiff's judgment in a loss of contractual opportunity suit, holding that the plaintiff was a public figure and that the allegedly defamatory statements at issue were protected by the First... [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 6:01 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of summary judgment to a lawyer in a legal malpractice case brought pro se by the former client. [read post]
2 Apr 2018, 6:45 am
This May will be an unusually busy bar discipline month for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals with five - count em - five such matters on the oral argument calendar. [read post]
5 Sep 2021, 5:21 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals accepted the proposed consent discipline of a one-year suspension of former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith. [read post]
28 Feb 2020, 3:21 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals reduced a California disbarment to a 30-day suspension with a fitness requirement The Supreme Court of California disbarred the respondent on September 23, 2015, for defaulting in a disciplinary proceeding in which he... [read post]
2 Oct 2017, 7:31 am
A majority of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the main upheld findings by the SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission found that Francis Lorenzo sent email messages to investors containing misrepresentations about... [read post]
31 Aug 2023, 6:55 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has issued its opinion explaining the reasons for disqualifying a candidate for the local Attorney General election for failure to meet the statutory "active employed as an attorney" requirement No one disputes that... [read post]
14 Dec 2017, 5:57 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals accepted negotiated discipline in a case that took a little over a year from soup to nuts. [read post]
16 May 2024, 7:39 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals imposed a 30-day suspension with fitness based on findings of failure to maintain records, commingling and serious interference with the administration of justice. [read post]
29 Nov 2012, 7:16 am
In a display of efficiency all too uncommon in the D.C. bar disciplinary system, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals imposed reciprocal discipline in seven matters without referring a single one to the Board on Professional Responsibility ("BPR"). [read post]
29 Nov 2018, 1:52 pm
In a highly unusual decision, a division of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals took back a disbarment it ordered in March and made it a one-year suspension. [read post]
31 Oct 2017, 7:38 am
A decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Over two decades ago, the Department of Justice sent a proposed termination letter to one of its Assistant United States Attorneys (“the Assistant”) working in... [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 7:33 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has held that a criminal prosecutor violated ethical obligations of disclosure under Rule 3.8 but nonetheless concluded that no discipline should be imposed. [read post]
28 Feb 2020, 8:23 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals will hear oral argument on April 9 in a bar discipline matter that will have (I believe) one unique feature - both Disciplinary Counsel and counsel for the Respondent are former chairs of... [read post]
31 Jul 2014, 9:47 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals took the rare step of rejecting an uncontested sanction recommendation in a matter involving neglect and related violations by an attorney appointed to represent an indigent client. [read post]
2 May 2019, 5:39 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals devoted a day to bar discipline, issuing six opinions that include accepting an 18-month consent discipline and a number of reciprocal discipline matters . [read post]
