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What to Do When Your University, FBI, or DOJ Knocks on Your Door: Responding to University, Criminal, and Civil Investigations
Debates regarding the regulation of counsel conduct in international arbitration proceedings tend to generate more heat than light. Much has been said about the absence of a set of universal standards that can be applied...more
A recent federal decision from the Western District of Pennsylvania offers a timely reminder for litigators in the new year: Zealous advocacy has limits, and professionalism is not optional. On Dec. 31, 2025, in Mallet &...more
In a previous Goodwin alert, “FCA Non-Financial Misconduct Rules: Private Fund Managers, Fintechs, and Other Non-Banks Firmly in Scope” (July 2025), we discussed the consultation paper issued by the UK Financial Conduct...more
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has become prevalent in nearly every sector of society, and the practice of law is no exception. However, as with other technological innovations, the rapid development and refinement...more
They’re back! Ethics lawyers Lucian Pera and Trisha Rich team up again this December to bring you their incisive take on the most important and interesting ethics and lawyering developments of the year....more
In the movie comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, there is a scene where King Arthur and his men, standing at the base of an imposing castle wall, demand entry to the castle, which they believe contains the grail. They are...more
In Docs of CT LLC v. Biotek Services LLC, the Supreme Court of Georgia considered an appeal brought by Docs of CT LLC, seeking to vacate an arbitration award on the grounds that “the arbitrator exhibited partiality and...more
Do you verify every citation before filing? Should you? If an experienced partner prepares a document for your signature, do you check the citations? When supervising routine discovery motions, do you personally review every...more
On 2 July 2025, the FCA published a further consultation paper on “tackling non-financial misconduct in financial services”. The industry has been eagerly awaiting publication of this paper, in the hope that it will address...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its most recent paper on non-financial misconduct (NFM), clarifying its expectations on bullying and harassment in financial services....more
On 2 July 2025, the FCA published its long-awaited proposed next steps on addressing non-financial misconduct (NFM) in financial services. In a joint Consultation Paper and Policy Statement (CP25/18), the regulator is...more
In a recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, the court granted a motion to dismiss in favor of a debt collection law firm and one of its attorneys who were not licensed as debt...more
On March 7, Arizona Attorney General (AG) Kristin Mayes filed a novel lawsuit alleging consumer fraud and racketeering against numerous entities, individuals, and even law firms and title companies involved in the residential...more
The dispute between the Judicial Council of the Federal Circuit and The Honorable Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has been waging for more than a year (see links below). The...more
OVERVIEW: •On March 22, 2025, the Trump administration published a Presidential Memorandum titled: Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court. •The memo directs Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi to seek...more
In a previous alert, we discussed the proposals put forward by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for all FCA-authorised firms to better integrate non-financial misconduct (NFM) considerations into their senior manager...more
When law firms or legal departments face crises, whether that be a data breach exposing client information, allegations of professional misconduct, a high-profile case gone awry or something truly unexpected, strong...more
No, I am not referring to the Britney Spears song. Instead, it’s fake case cites, a judge’s admonition, sanctions and impending discipline. Today’s lesson comes from U.S. District Court Judge Kelly Rankin in the District of...more
On 28 January 2025, Justice Asif KC ("Asif J") handed down his judgment in Bradley and Another v Frye-Chaikin [2025] CIGC (Civ) 5 in which the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the "Court") commented for the first time in a...more
Last week, the Maryland Supreme Court suspended Maryland District Court Judge Jennifer Etheridge for 20 days for violations of the Maryland Code of Judicial Conduct. The charges, Etheridge’s response, and the order from the...more
In a win for Wiley’s client, a New Jersey appellate court, applying New Jersey law, affirmed a trial court’s decision rescinding four lawyer’s professional liability policies because of material misrepresentations made in the...more
Despite clear judicial warnings and sanctions, legal professionals continue to submit AI-generated court documents with fabricated content. This disturbing trend, exemplified by cases like Mata v. Avianca, threatens the...more
In Ex-Prosecutor Disbarred For Fabricating Harassing Texts – Law360 (Jan. 7, 2025), Thy Vo reported on a fabrication of evidence case. The decision, State of Colorado vs. Yujin Choi, No 24PDJ019, is not yet posted on Recent...more
The PAC recently issued a non-binding opinion, finding a school district did not waive the attorney-client privilege where prior disclosures of the requested records were mandated by state law....more
This is the fifth edition of our blog series on decentralized clinical trials DCTs. Click here to explore the series. The COVID-19 Pandemic required the health care industry to adapt to accommodate remote patient care,...more