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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Shameful Lawyer Weekly Roundup


from Washington Times
The Justice Department will order all of its civil division lawyers to take an hourlong remedial ethics class, hoping to head off even worse punishment from a federal judge who is furious about the way Obama administration attorneys misled him in the case involving the president’s deportation amnesty.
In a document filed with Judge Andrew Hanen last month and made public Monday, administration attorneys insisted they didn’t mean to mislead the court, but they acknowledged sloppiness and said their own use of technical jargon may have confused the judge.

from Reuters
Exposing the underbelly of mass torts litigation

from Salon.com
Backlash against Texas prosecutor: Devon Anderson under scrutiny after jailing rape victims

Harris County D.A. Devon Anderson incarcerated rape survivors in order to compel their testimony in court

Penn. AG Found Guilty on All Charges
from Daily Beast

Kathleen Kane, the attorney general for Pennsylvania, was convicted Monday of nine criminal charges, including perjury and conspiracy. Kane was accused of leaking secret grand-jury files and lying about it under oath. Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele told the jury that Kane orchestrated a leak of secret grand-jury documents to plant a negative story about her political opponent, former state prosecutor Frank Fina. Kane later lied about her actions under oath.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane Resigns After Perjury Conviction
Kane could face up to seven years in prison for leaking information to a reporter.

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