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2010 Ethics Review

/ 12.Jan, 2012

The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has published its year end statistics.  Discipline last year included: 55 Informal Admonitions 16 Private Reprimands . . .

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Bonnie Sweeten Update

/ 06.Jan, 2012

Arguing over whether Bonnie Sweeten stole $900,000 or $1,000,000 took all day, so sentencing will have to wait.  Of particular note to our readers was . . .

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More lawyers getting in trouble

/ 09.Dec, 2011

We have blogged before about lawyers and Ponzi schemes.  The New Jersey State Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended the license of attorney Michael Kwasnik who . . .

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Best practices tip- Client Letters

/ 08.Dec, 2011

We have previously blogged about some of the good resources that are available from various professional liability insurers.  Recently Swiss Re (Westport Insurance) created a . . .

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Gaming the System

/ 24.Aug, 2011

Many legal malpractice actions arise out of underlying problems attorneys have that are unrelated to the legal matters they are handling.  According to various studies, . . .

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2011 Discipline Review

/ 13.Jul, 2011

With a little more than half of the year gone, it is a good time to take a look at why lawyers have been receiving . . .

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Judged Guilty

/ 24.Jun, 2011

Former Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Bernard Snyder has an interesting history.  He actually made history as the first sitting judge in Philadelphia history . . .

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Who and what are you responsible for?

/ 22.Jun, 2011

Bonnie Sweeten, the infamous “hoax mom,” is back in the news following her guilty plea to a count of wire fraud and a count of . . .

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Hiding mistakes can be costly

/ 07.Jun, 2011

Communication is one of the most important parts of the attorney-client relationship.  Rule of professional conduct 1.4 tells us the minimum communication necessary to abide by . . .

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More charges against Paul Bergrin

/ 07.Jun, 2011

The New Jersey Lawyer whose case is summed up by his statement of “no witness, no case” has had additional charges brought against him.  In . . .

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