Ethics 101

Following on the heels of a $3.2 million jury verdict for professional malpractice against Girardi & Keese, a declaration of mistrial, as well as absurd remarks by Tom Girardi ("This is the most stupid case in the history of America"), prominent trial lawyer Terance Mix minced no words in accusing Girardi & Keese of profesional negligence, and for failing to accept responsibility for the catastrophic consequences befalling Girardi & Keese's former client, Richard Salerno. As a service to...Read Full Story

FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, April 28, 2008, Iranian shopkeeper Hamid Reza Delband displays a doll at his toy shop, in Tehran, Iran. Police have closed down dozens of toy shop for selling Barbie dolls, part of a decades-long crackdown on signs of Western culture in Iran, the semi official Mehr news agency reported Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) via hosted.ap.org Police have closed down dozens of toy shops for selling Barbie dolls in Iran, part of a decades...Read Full Story

Contending that Howard Rice's Jerome Falk, acting as Special Prosecutor on behalf of the State Bar of California, repeatedly sought to subvert justice by failing to disclose that those he was suppose to prosecute (Thomas Girardi of Girardi & Keese and Walter Lack of Engstrom Lipscomb & Lack) were actually his and his firm's clients, sources familiar with the situation claim plans are underway to seek the disbarment of Girardi, Lack and Falk. In a letter to Jerome Falk and the Board of...Read Full Story

Controversial former California assemblywoman  Gwen Moore has been named a defendant in an action recently filed in federal court, TLR has learned. Also named as defendants, amongst many, are Douglas Winthrop , managing partner of embattled Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin; former Sacramento lobbyist Jeannine English ; State Bar of California Deputy Executive Director Robert Hawley ; and Judy Johnson , president of the California Consumer Protection Foundation (" CCPF "). From...Read Full Story

Controversial former California assemblywoman  Gwen Moore has been named a defendant in an action recently filed in federal court, TLR has learned. Also named as defendants, amongst many, are Douglas Winthrop , managing partner of embattled Howard Rice Nemerovsky Candy Falk & Rabkin; former Sacramento lobbyist Jeannine English ; State Bar of California Deputy Executive Director Robert Hawley ; and Judy Johnson , president of the California Consumer Protection Foundation (" CCPF "). From left...Read Full Story