There was much buzz today about an article in the Cut (a lifestyle website from Vox Media/New York Magazine) – “The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It To A Stranger.” Charlotte Cowles, the Cut’s financial
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When You're a Hammer, Everything is a Nail; When You're an Ethics Nerd Everything Is A Material Limitation Conflict
Hi, folks,It’s been awhile, hasn’t it?Sorry to say, it’s going to be awhile yet, as things are busy here.In the meantime, my January column for the Wisconsin Lawyer is out; this time, I discuss all those little conflicts life deals.…
And, Cohen Both Takes The Fall And Passes The Buck
A quick update on New York’s Second AI Hallucination case, which I originally covered a couple of weeks ago—today we learned that Michael Cohen, the client, and not David Schwartz, the lawyer, used artificial intelligence (this time, Google Bard) to…
If They Can Screw Up There, They’ll Screw Up Anywhere
It’s an ethics twofer out of New York, New York (specifically the Southern District of New York) this week. First, Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s lawyer David M. Schwartz filed a motion to end his client’s supervised release early. In…
Well, This Is One Way To Blow Up An NDA
I’ve told this story before but it makes for a good setup here: Years ago, I represented a client in a reinstatement matter. The Office of Lawyer Regulation retained outside counsel for the referee hearing. Outside counsel sent me an…
The First Rule Of Messing-Stuff-Up Club: Don't Blame the Intern
Another day, another misuse of ChatGPT. A Colorado attorney was fired from his job after using, and suspended last month for one year and one day (with all but 90 days stayed, subject to probation) because he used, ChatGPT to…
If You Want To Say "Ain't No Party Like An Ex Parte" In a Brief, You Can Cite It To 6 Wis. Law. 31-33 (November 2023).
(I do not recommend saying ‘Ain’t No Party Like An Ex Parte” in a brief, but you do you, I guess.)I know I owe this blog some actual content (and heaven knows there hasn’t been a shortage of source material,…
And Now We Are Four
Today is October 24, which means this blog is celebrating its fourth birthday. It should be able to walk downstairs, know the difference between reality and fantasy, and ask a lot of questions.On October 24, 2019, we launched with a…
I'm Getting Judgy and Judging Judges Today
It has been a busy month offline at the Ethickingdom (and I promise this is the first and last time I will ever use that term, eech). You know that saying, you wait ages for the bus and then two…
Common Scents In Celebrity Litigation
Celebrity seems to do things to lawyers. Remember Michael Avenatti? Previously, he was best known for representing Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against Donald Trump; he is now a convicted felon and long-term resident of FCI Terminal Island.So, perhaps it’s…