Following the abrupt termination of their lead multi-state attorney, Arnold & Smith Law failed to substitute counsel in 7 of 8 states, abandoning hundreds of vulnerable clients in consumer debt cases....
A routine billing inquiry in mid-March led to an immediate payment, followed by a sudden termination five days later, sparking a 14-count federal civil rights lawsuit against Arnold & Smith Law.
When a law firm tasked a five-month attorney with substituting counsel on hundreds of active cases, she generated 214 unnecessary filings and wasted over 300 hours of court time. An inside look at how...
A federal court filing in the Eastern District of New York reveals how a national law firm terminated a highly productive attorney and then failed to transition her caseload. The emergency temporary r...
Despite receiving a presidential pardon for federal fraud convictions, former judge Michele Fiore faces new disciplinary charges from the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline, underscoring the end...
For years, two California police officers used their badges as weapons of extortion, posing as federal agents to steal money and marijuana from unsuspecting drivers. Their recent federal prison senten...
The Ethics Reporter has documented five appellate reversals of Justice Ondrovic's decisions — including one case in which he was reversed twice. The pattern spans every area of civil law. It is costin...
Antonia Cipollone has been the backbone of the 9th Judicial District Grievance Committee for over twenty years. She was passed over for Chief Counsel — twice — in favor of people with a fraction of he...
Courtny Osterling was admitted to the bar in 2011 and was working at an OCA administrative office in Brooklyn as recently as 2022. He is now Chief Counsel of the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judi...
New York's attorney grievance committees take years to dismiss cases, escalate charges on appeal to deter respondents from challenging outcomes, and operate with almost no meaningful accountability. T...
A source with deep expertise in the municipal bond market reached out to The Ethics Reporter with critical corrections and context about how retail investors are systematically disadvantaged in the $4...
American bar associations market themselves as guardians of professional integrity. But study after study reveals a darker reality: attorneys of color — particularly Black attorneys — are disciplined ...
The Government Accountability Office has spent months trying to determine how Elon Musk's DOGE operation accessed some of the federal government's most sensitive data systems — Social Security records...
Since 1963, the Supreme Court has required prosecutors to hand over evidence that could help the accused. Sixty years later, violations of that rule are rampant, wrongful convictions pile up — and the...
For years, two sitting Supreme Court justices accepted undisclosed gifts worth millions of dollars from billionaires with interests before the Court. No one stopped them — because nothing in federal l...
The Justice Department has moved to dismiss sweeping bribery and fraud charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani — days after he pledged a $10 billion investment in the United States and retaine...
The Justice Department has quietly paid out more than $8.5 million in taxpayer funds to settle legal claims by Trump supporters, including fired FBI agents disciplined for January 6 involvement, leaki...
In a divorce proceeding involving unvested restricted stock units granted to a husband by his former employer, Judge Robert S. Ondrovic denied the wife's motion both to compel financial disclosure and...
Shirley Caccioppoli was struck by a swinging metal gate at a Westchester County apartment complex, injuring her ankle. Judge Robert S. Ondrovic granted summary judgment to the defendants after their e...
In a single personal injury case arising from a car accident in Westchester County, Judge Robert S. Ondrovic made two separate legal errors — denying the plaintiff's motion to amend his complaint to a...
A senior Justice Department attorney in Rhode Island withheld a homicide arrest warrant from a federal judge during a bond hearing, leading to the release of a man wanted for murder in the Dominican R...
When Gautam Adani's lawyers walked into a meeting with Trump's Justice Department last April, they came bearing a gift: a promise of $10 billion in U.S. investments and 15,000 American jobs. Days late...
A tip received by The Ethics Reporter describes a pattern of alleged billing fraud by Albulena Uka — a recently sworn-in New York attorney and doctoral-level law academic affiliated with Brooklyn Law ...
A two-year attorney advertising “Big City Services at Upstate Prices” and “Full-Service Legal Solutions” on his website. New York Rule 7.1 forbids advertising that is false, deceptive, or misleading —...
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Edward Harold King resigned in December 2025 under investigation — then federal prosecutors arrested him and real estate operator Sam Sprei on May 13, 2026, charging the...
A New York attorney admitted in 2024 lists three office addresses — all confirmed virtual mailboxes or coworking spaces. His website uses AI-generated images to depict the lawyer. And he is handling c...
Kenneth Griffin, founder of Citadel and Citadel Securities, donated approximately $100 million in the 2024 election cycle, according to reporting by ArtNews based on FEC filings — making him one of th...
In late January 2021, Melvin Capital — a major GameStop short seller — received a $2.75 billion investment from Citadel and Point72 as GameStop shares surged. Within days, Robinhood restricted purchas...
In September 2023, the SEC charged Citadel Securities with violating Regulation SHO — the framework designed to prevent abusive short selling — after a coding error in the firm's automated trading sys...
From the moment it was required to begin reporting to the Consolidated Audit Trail in June 2020, Citadel Securities fell short — inaccurately or untimely reporting data for tens of billions of equity ...