Commonly violated legal ethics rules.

According to this article, legal ethics rules that are commonly violated are the duty of competence, diligence, and conflicts of interest.

Article here (via the lawyerist).

Professional ethics definitions 101: Don't steal from your clients

A Grosse Pointe attorney pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling more than $2.5 million from his law firm's clients and laundering the money to hide his crime, according to the U.S. Attorneys office.

Kenneth Flaska, 62, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul D. Borman, admitting that between 2004 and 2013, he fraudulently obtained more than $2.5 million belonging to clients of his law firm. Flaska moved the money out of client accounts and into his own bank and investment accounts.

Article here. 

Is there life after being disbarred? This article says there is.

The Louisville Courier-Journal covers how several former Kentucky lawyers are living their lives post-disbarment. (Kentucky is a rare "license death penalty" jurisdiction that does not allow disbarred lawyers to ever apply for reinstatement.)

Article here.