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Model Rules of Professional Conduct

New Mitigating Factor for Attorney Misconduct

By Josephine M. Bahn

Court finds compassion fatigue qualifies as mitigating factor in disciplinary case.

Civil Practice & Procedure

Circuit Split Widens in Tolling False Claims Act Cases

By Erik A. Christiansen

Supreme Court grants certiorari after Eleventh Circuit extends limitations period.

Civil Practice & Procedure

Courts Split on Punitive Damages Recovery in Legal Malpractice Cases

By James A. Sweeney

Courts weigh competing policy considerations underlying compensatory and punitive damages.

Civil Practice & Procedure

The Key to Winning at Summary Judgment: Know Your Burden

By Hon. Karen L. Stevenson

Know the legal burdens at play: the burden of proof, the burden of production, and the burden of persuasion.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Cold Water Thrown on Certain Litigation Funding

By Onika K. Williams

Litigation funding tied to specific future legal fees violates fee sharing rule.

Immigration

“Death Penalty Cases in a Traffic Court Setting”: Lessons from the Front Lines of Today’s Immigration Courts

By Hon. Mark A. Drummond

Fit the cross to the witness; the witness to the cross.

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