Top #Trump housing official, #BillPulte, issues new #criminal referral for New York AG #LetitiaJames after several previous attempts failed

According to a person familiar with the matter, Pulte, the director of the #FHFA, issued 2 referrals to the #DOJ, one to the #USAttorney for Northern District of Illinois & another to the US Attorney for Southern District of Florida.

Both alleged “suspected homeowners insurance fraud.”

#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/25/politics/bill-pulte-criminal-referral-letitia-james?cid=ios_app

#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can I rely on AI to draft a remedial AI policy for my firm?

After the Ohio Court of Appeals affirmed of a murder conviction, defense counsel submitted an application to reopen the matter on the grounds that the prosecutor had made improper statements during trial. However, the prosecutor never made these statements. They were created by #AI when defense counsel's paralegal fed the case records into ChatGPT. ... (cont.)

https://lnkd.in/egn7kWUh
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: If defense counsel tells the court it has a conflict of interest but refuses to say what the conflict is, is that ineffective assistance?

Two CO lawyers were appointed to represent a defendant charged with hiring gang members to murder a witness. Three months before trial, defense counsel filed a motion to withdraw, asserting a non-waivable and irreconcilable conflict of interest with their client. They requested an ex parte... (cont).

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/davidkluft_people-v-hagos-ugcPost-7421292044565770242-9HIs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAN_UBcBPBM_ohh5PF4QzCD5EXWYFgCyHwQ
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: If my litigation opponent uses a hallucinated case, can I use it too instead of requesting sanctions?

Plaintiff’s counsel in a CA corporate debt dispute used some #AI -generated false citations in its opposition to a motion to dismiss. Defense counsel, instead of realizing the citations were false, copied one of them into its reply brief. “In other words," as the court later explained,"[Defense counsel] ... (cont.)

https://lnkd.in/eUSnvBjD
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can I pay a referral fee to a lawyer in a foreign country?

A NY firm wanted to set up an affiliated firm in a foreign country with a partner barred only in that country and then pay the foreign partner a referral fee for cases referred to the NY firm. The NY State Bar opined that this is permissible because lawyers in the same firm can share fees, but only if (1) the foreign partner would actually be considered an ... (cont.)

https://nysba.org/ethics-opinion-1284-multi-jurisdictional-practice-referral-fees-division-of-fees/
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can I get in trouble for things the other attorneys at my firm have done on other cases?

A FL court issued a pretrial order with language stating that failure to appear for the final pretrial conference may result in dismissal. Plaintiff’s counsel didn’t show up because, his firm claimed, it incorrectly calendared the date. Excusable mistake, right? Not in this case. The Court issued a written ruling recounting how the firm ... (cont.)

https://lnkd.in/eNDSupRb
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: If #AI is supposed to improve my writing, what’s with all the typos?

A CA pro se plaintiff filed a copyright complaint against television studio, alleging that someone read his screenplay and used it as a blueprint for the studio's similar show. The Court was unimpressed with the alleged similarities between the works and dismissed the complaint with prejudice. As part of the grounds for denying the plaintiff leave to amend the ... (cont.)

https://lnkd.in/eSuYpPqA
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Judge Blocks Subpoenas Targeting #Fed Chair

A federal judge blocked an attempt by the #DOJ to issue subpoenas to the #FederalReserve in its investigation of the chair, #JeromePowell. The judge wrote that there was “abundant evidence” the government’s action was designed to “harass & pressure” Powell into yielding to Trump’s wishes to lower #InterestRates or resign.

#MafiaState #law #LegalEthics #judiciary #economy #Trump #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/13/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share