Category Archives: Ethics

Does Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 Require Attorneys To Interrogate Declarants On Whether They Used AI To Draft Their Declarations?

A Stanford professor has fessed up to drafting expert declaration with AI and including fake citations in it. “The Court suggests that an ‘inquiry reasonable under the circumstances,’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b), may now require attorneys to ask their … Continue reading

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Some Reasons Why Trade Secret Theft Isn’t Cool

A bankruptcy, a $179 million arbitration award, and a prison sentence of up to 10 years = good reasons not to take your employer’s trade secrets on your way out the door. Here’s Anthony Levandowski plea agreement relating to Levandowski’s … Continue reading

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Federal Circuit Reprimands Attorney Who Forwarded Former Chief Judge Rader’s E-Mail Praising The Attorney

On November 5, 2014, the Federal Circuit sat en banc and issued an Order reprimanding a well-known patent appellate attorney for “his misconduct in disseminating an email to clients and prospective clients that he received from then-Chief Judge Rader.” The … Continue reading

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Mandatory Notice to Clients

As a follow-up to yesterday’s post on the Texas Lawyer’s Creed, we thought we’d also note that Texas’ Government Code, Ch. 81, Sec. 81.079 requires that attorneys practicing law in Texas: [P]rovide notice to each of the attorney’s clients of … Continue reading

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The Texas Lawyer’s Creed

Now is a good a time as any to brush up on The Texas Lawyer’s Creed — A Mandate for Professionalism, which was adopted by the Supreme Court of Texas and the Court of Criminal Appeals in 1989 and still … Continue reading

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