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Doing the right thing: Playing fair with the involuntary pro se litigant

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Abraham Lincoln once famously said that “He who represents himself has a fool for a client.” While this statement has been demonstrated to be true more often than not, what happens when (1) the pro se representation is not...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Lawyers Sanctioned for Citing AI Generated Fake Cases

In another “hard lesson learned” case, on Monday, February 24, 2025, a federal district court sanctioned three lawyers from the national law firm Morgan & Morgan for citing artificial intelligence (AI)-generated fake cases in...more

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP

To the Victor Go the Spoils? The Recovery of Attorney's Fees in Attorney Discipline Cases

AGC V. SINGH, 2023 Md. LEXIS 150 (April 7, 2023) It is well-settled that absent certain exceptions, each party is responsible for their own attorney's fees regardless of the outcome of a case. But what about attorney...more

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Illinois Law Firm Recovers No Attorney's Fees After Trial Court Concluded The Firm Breached Its Fiduciary Duties

Scot Vandenberg v. RQM, LLC, 2020 IL App (1st) 190544 - Brief Summary - An Illinois appellate court affirmed the adjudication of a firm's attorney's liens down to zero, where the discharged firm failed to provide any...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Florida Real Property & Business Litigation Report, Volume 13, Issue 26

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Liu v. Securities And Exchange Commission, Case No. 18–1501 (2020). Equitable relief, including disgorgement, is permissible under the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U. S. C. §77a et seq., so long as it does not exceed a...more

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Stop Means Stop: Court Certifies TCPA Class Action in “Stop” Text Message Case–But Forces Class Counsel to Amend Retainer...

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TCPAland is so full of interesting little stories. I know from first hand experience that class counsel commonly use an unpleasant little clause to keep their would-be class representatives from settling cases...more

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