• “Robo-litigation”: ethical issues of the mass-foreclosure mess [Dustin Zachs, SSRN, via Legal Ethics Forum]
• Roger Parloff on Chevron counterclaims against Patton Boggs [Fortune] “Judge Grudgingly Lets Donziger’s Lawyers Out Of Chevron Case” [Daniel Fisher; Reuters]
• Should Australia dilute or abolish the “cab rank” rule? [John Flood via LEF]
• “Ethical Limits on Civil Litigation Advocacy: A Historical Perspective” [Carol Andrews (Alabama), SSRN; Legal Ethics Forum]
• “When Is a Demand Letter (Arguably) Extortion?” [John Steele, more, ABA Journal (Martin Singer demand letter threatening to expose target’s sexual indiscretions]
• Fifth Circuit denies Dickie Scruggs’s latest appeal [YallPolitics]
• When crowdfunding meets litigation finance, watch out world [Richard Painter]
• “Judge Orders Prenda Law Group Beamed Out Into Space” [Lowering the Bar, TechDirt]

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