Blog Names Year’s Top 10 (Make that 12) Legal Ethics Stories
Updated: The blog Legal Ethics Forum picked its top 10 ethics stories of the year, then made it the top 12 ethics stories at the suggestion from a reader. (The addition is No. 11 below.)
Among the top stories named by the blog:
The case against former Durham County, N.C., District Attorney Michael Nifong, who was disbarred after admitting there was no credible evidence that three former Duke lacrosse players had committed rape.
Judges and lawyers in Pakistan who protested after President Pervez Musharraf suspended the country’s constitution and removed numerous appellate judges from office.
Maj. Michael Mori’s aggressive representation of Guantanamo detainee David Hicks, which may have hurt the lawyer’s military career.
Former Milberg Weiss lawyer William Lerach’s guilty plea, which acknowledges he paid kickbacks to lead plaintiffs.
The resignation of Pentagon official Cully Stimson after he tried to shame law firms into stopping pro bono representation of Guantanamo detainees.
Others on the list include sanctions against Qualcomm in an electronic discovery matter; NY’s lawyer advertising rules; and the indictment of Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. On Friday, Legal Ethics Forum made the list an even dozen, with the addition of a California case the bolsters work product protections in that state.
Updated at 2:40 p.m. Saturday to trim the post summary, more prominently credit the original source and note that the list is now up to 12.
