Tag: Legal Ethics

Chicago, IL – August 6, 2020 – Wicker Park Group (WPG) and ALM Intelligence have released results of a survey evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on in-house counsel and legal departments. Responses from more than 130 in-house counsel from a wide array of industries, departments, and company sizes provided insights on the outlook of their […]

Washington, DC (July 31, 2020) – For nearly 50 years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has imposed a Gag Rule that silences people with a lifetime gag enforced through a threat of a reopened prosecution. NCLA client Barry D. Romeril, the former Chief Financial Officer of Xerox, is challenging the constitutionality of such a […]

Washington, DC (July 28, 2020) – The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed a reply brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to support its petition for full court review in the case of Aposhian v. Barr. NCLA argues that the panel majority committed legal error in […]

Ken Sullivan and Sam Royko Announce Partnership  Chicago Lawyers Ken Sullivan and Sam Royko announce the formation of Sullivan Royko, LLC. Sullivan Royko is a Chicago-based law firm with Chicago character. The principals were born and raised in Chicago, they understand Chicago, and they know how to win in Chicago. The team has experience taking […]

New York has a backlog of 39,000 cases. Georgia is closing courts and Minnesota has judges and their staff quarantining due to infections. With immense uncertainty about whether our justice system will come to a grinding halt, the Online Courtroom Project has demonstrated in a new report how online trials can provide a solution to […]

  Callahan & Blaine filed has filed a lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court against Adam Abdul-Jabbar, the 28-year-old son of former Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Raymond Winsor, Mr. Abdul-Jabbar’s 60-year-old neighbor.  Mr. Winsor was aggressively assaulted by Mr. Abdul-Jabbar outside his residence. Mr. Abdul-Jabbar lives with […]

Abolish Private Prisons, an Arizona nonprofit, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Phoenix to challenge the constitutionality of prison privatization. It represents five individuals in private prisons, the Arizona State Conference of the NAACP, and a purported class including everyone placed in private, for-profit prisons by the State of Arizona. The lawsuit is against […]

IMS Launches COVID-19 Expertise Hub, Sponsors Webcast Briefing on Sector-by-Sector Pandemic Recovery for Big Law Pensacola, Fla.  |   IMS ExpertServices has announced the launch of a new COVID-19 expertise hub and sponsorship for “The Path Forward” webcast briefing, designed to help Big Law partners and legal industry stakeholders gain clarity around recovery from the pandemic. […]

Displaced Student Stipend Fund Seeks $100,000 to Support Women of Color CHICAGO (May 20, 2020) — The Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program (DAPP) is launching a fund and fellowship program to support women of color law students who lost their 2020 law firm or corporate internship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “As an organization, […]

  CHICAGO, IL – Todd A. Smith and Brian LaCien, with more than 60 years of combined experience as trial lawyers, have announced the formation of Smith LaCien LLP, a personal injury law firm headquartered here, concentrating in catastrophic injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice cases. Smith and LaCien have a lengthy track record of […]