Tag Archives: law firms

June 20, 2011

Story Update: the Fake Law Firm’s Purpose Revealed

Now we know what fake law firm Cromwell & Goodwin is up to, and it isn’t good. Continue reading →

Unethical Website of the Month: Cromwell and Goodwin

Cromwell and Goodwin’s website is a genuine mystery. Nobody knows why it exists, or who created it. It appears to be the website of a law firm, if a somewhat language-challenged one. The problem: the law firm doesn’t exist. Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Business & Commercial, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions, The Internet, Unethical Websites

Tagged as Cromwell and Goodwin, ethics, fakes, hoaxes, honesty, law firms, lies, mysteries, promotion, scams, The Financial Services Authority

March 30, 2011

The Fireman, the Cheater, and Media Muddling

In two recent ethics stories, the media picked the wrong victims and the wrong villains. Surprised? Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Citizenship, Education, Journalism & Media, Popular Culture, Professions, U.S. Society

Tagged as 9/11, actors, advertising, Better Business Bureau, cheating, contract, duty to report, Essaywritingcompany.com, ethical analysis, ethics, exploitation, fairness, firefighters, friends, honesty, law firms, law suits, legal ethics, media, models, paper mills, plagiarism, Robert Keily, sloppy journalism, theft, Twin Towers

June 30, 2010

Law School and High School Credential Corruption

“When everyone is somebody, then no one’s anybody!” Continue reading →

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Filed under U.S. Society

Tagged as "everybody does it", "The Gondoliers", ABA Model Rule 8.4, competence, corruption, deception, employers, employment, fairness, fake credentials, Gilbert and Sullivan, grade inflation, high school, honesty, honors, integrity, law firms, law schools, New York Times, rationalizations, school administrators, valedictorians, W.S. Gilbert

May 21, 2010

Blumenthal’s Lies and Professional Discipline

Can anyone think of a reason why it is less indicative of bad character for a lawyer to fabricate credentials in pursuit of a non-legal job (albeit for a position that makes laws!) than a legal one? I can’t. Continue reading →

Tag Archives: law firms

Story Update: the Fake Law Firm’s Purpose Revealed

Unethical Website of the Month: Cromwell and Goodwin

The Fireman, the Cheater, and Media Muddling

Law School and High School Credential Corruption

Blumenthal’s Lies and Professional Discipline

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