EEOC sanctioned for delaying social media discovery 
Published: March 15, 2013
Tags: Discovery, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Facebook, Sanctions, sexual harassment, social media
A Colorado federal court has sanctioned the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for delaying an employer’s efforts to discover the emails, texts and blog posts of employees seeking damages for sexual harassment.
Attorney suspended for interfering with child custody
Published: December 31, 2012
Tags: attorney discipline, custody, probation, Sanctions, suspension
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued a three-month suspension to a lawyer convicted of attempting to remove her 12-year-old son from the custody of her ex-husband.
Elderly lawyer must be assessed for cognitive decline
Published: December 20, 2012
Tags: attorney discipline, CLE, Continuing Legal Education, ethics, legal ethics, Sanctions
An elderly Ohio lawyer must undergo a geriatric psychological assessment and otherwise establish his fitness before being allowed to return to practice following his suspension for mishandling a client’s case.
Lawyer’s tax evasion results in disbarment
Published: November 27, 2012
Tags: ABA, American Bar Association, attorney discipline, disbarment, ethics, legal ethics, professional responsibility, Sanctions, tax evasion
Disbarment is the presumptive discipline for a lawyer who engages in tax evasion, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled.
Lawyer who beat client with baseball bat gets license revoked
Published: November 15, 2012
Tags: attorney discipline, legal ethics, Sanctions
A lawyer who beat his client with a baseball bat should have his license annulled, but can get reinstatement in five years with certain conditions, the West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in adopting the recommendations of a hearing panel.
Lawyer sanctioned for use of Westlaw account
Published: October 26, 2012
Tags: attorney discipline, professional responsibility, public reprimand, Rules of Professional Conduct, Sanctions, Westlaw
An attorney who engaged in the unauthorized use of a Westlaw account for more than one year should be publicly reprimanded, the Oregon Supreme Court has determined, declining to suspend him from practice as recommended by the State Bar.
Ky. lawyer sanctioned for personal work on gov’t time
Published: October 9, 2012
Tags: attorney discipline, legal ethics, public reprimand, Sanctions, Westlaw
A lawyer formerly employed by the state of Kentucky has received a public reprimand after admitting that during his spare time at work he conducted personal business using a government Westlaw account.
Poor attorney’s sanctions could be reduced
Published: July 25, 2012
Tags: attorney fees, Sanctions
A federal court could reduce a $363,000 award of sanctions against an attorney based on his inability to pay, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Florida high court unveils new rules addressing e-discovery
Published: July 23, 2012
Tags: Civil Procedure, Discovery, e-discovery, electronic discovery, electronically stored information, Sanctions, technology
The Florida Supreme Court has amended the state’s civil rules to expressly address the discovery of electronically stored information.
Bankruptcy lawyer fined for ‘unreasonable reliance’
Published: August 31, 2011
Tags: CHAPTER 13, Sanctions
A lawyer could be sanctioned for unreasonably relying on information provided by her client in pursuing creditor claims in a bankruptcy case, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
