Topic
Email Misconduct
8 published works
Legal Profession Blog
“The Best F—ing Attorney In The Courtroom”
A District Subcommittee of the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board has imposed a public reprimand with terms for an attorney's email to his client's probation officer.The probation officer had acknowledged…
Legal Profession Blog
Hit Delete, Not Send
The Illinois Administrator has filed a complaint alleging misconduct by an attorney in his own domestic litigation.Two counts involve statements in emails and open courtAt 10:31 a.m. on September 15,…
Legal Profession Blog
Artistic v. Bar License
A Member's emails with her client drew a $1,000 fine from a Hearing Committee of the Saskatchewan Law SocietyAs the Agreed Statement of Facts indicates, this complaint was triggered by…
Legal Profession Blog
Discipline For “Abusive” And “Offensive” (But Not “Silly”) Emails
The Hearing Division Tribunal of the Law Society of Upper Canada has found misconduct in a series of emails to prior counsel and the counsel she retained in a dispute…
Divorce: New York
Co-parenting: Flexibility Cannot Be Ordered; Abusive E-mails Warrant Jail
By Neil Cahn
Sentencing a father (a police officer) to 15 days in jail for sending abusive e-mails to the mother, Supreme Court, Putnam County Justice Victor G. Grossman attempted to stop the…
Legal Profession Blog
E-Mail Misconduct Draws Reprimand
A North Carolina attorney has been reprimanded for misconduct in a "protracted and extremely contentious" domestic relations matter.The misconduct involved ex parte e-mails to the judge and her law clerk.While…
ContractsProf Blog
Conair to Plaintiff: “Dude, Get a Gmail Account”
Last week, the Times of Trenton reported on Canella v. Conair Corp., a decision handed down by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, last Christmas Eve. The Times…
ContractsProf Blog
I Can’t Believe I Sent it to the Whole Listserve
A recurring theme on the ever-fabulous AALS contracts list-serve involves pressing “reply to all” accidentally. The list is a fabulous resource, but over the years it has seen its share…