New York Federal Judge Hits Lawyer and Two of His Businesses With Sanctions In Regulatory Fundamentals Group Case.
On September 24, 2014, U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest (S.D.N.Y.) imposed an attorney and two of his businesses to pay $366,100 in attorney’s fees and expenses to plaintiff Regulatory Fundamentals Group LLC, an investor consultant company, in a copyright dispute. The sanctions were imposed for deleting a trove of emails that were relevant to the case. Plaintiff had requested $378,357.94 in fees and expenses.
N.J. Ethics Committee Rules Municipal Judges Having Practice Can Share In Fee Receivable Collections If Matters Are Outside Jurisdictional Counties.
A New Jersey ethics committee has ruled that part-time municipal judges can share in fees generated by their partners/associates who represent parties in criminal, quasi-criminal, or penal matters outside their jurisdictional counties.
“Psychic Lawyer” Commands Hourly Rates.
This one is our personal favorite in this post.
Mark Anthony, a Florida lawyer, charges $250 an hour for a telephone reading. Mr. Anthony states that his mother and aunt were both psychic, and he starts his readings with a prayer raising “the vibrational frequency that lets spirits know I’m trying to reach them and attracts them to me. I see the spirits in my mind’s eye and I feel them as physical sensations. Sometimes I hear things, significant bits of music.” He reportedly bills $250 an hour for his readings. Some of us litigators might be future clients of Mr. Anthony, especially when it comes to law and motion tentative rulings.
Wikipedia: “A 1910 theatrical poster advertising an appearance by Alexander, who was billed as ‘The Crystal Seer’ and ‘The Man Who Knows’.”