• Feds investigating prominent Texas attorney and many-time Overlawyered mentionee Mikal Watts [MySanAntonio via PoL]
• Florida high court: lawyers not privileged to defame parties during informal witness questioning [Delmonico v. Traynor]
• Client’s story: not only did attorney try to kill me, he also gave me bad advice [Lowering the Bar]
• Some lawyers for city of Cleveland seek union representation, following municipal attorneys in S.F., D.C. and Houston [Cleveland Plain Dealer]
• Watch what you say about lawyers, part CLXXVI [NYLJ, “shakedown”]
• Former ATLA president Barry Nace fights disciplinary proceeding in W.V. [Chamber-backed WV Record]
• Minnesota lawyer who billed client for time he spent having sex with her won’t be allowed to practice for more than a year [TheLawNet, earlier on this candidate for “ultimate Overlawyered story”]
• Should she take the job offer from an apparently unethical attorney? If she has to ask… [Elie Mystal, Above the Law]

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