Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Mar. 25, 2015
Lesson for all: never cede control to the client
Patent litigator Howard N. Shipley may have avoided sanctions from the nation's highest court, but his very public ordeal will serve as a cautionary tale for all practitioners, California ethics lawyers say.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Patent litigator Howard N. Shipley may have avoided sanctions from the nation's highest court, but his very public ordeal will serve as a cautionary tale for all practitioners, California ethics lawyers say.
The U.S. Supreme Court officially declined to take action Monday against the Foley & Lardner LLP partner for submitting a petition that observers deemed strangely crafted at its best and inco...
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