Plagiarism is a career-ending sin in academia or journalism, but in the legal profession, it falls into a gray area. In her latest column, Jenna Greene looks at a copyright infringement suit filed by six-lawyer Hsuanyeh Law Group against Winston & Strawn, alleging the Big Law giant copied its 10-page motion in a patent suit “nearly verbatim.” Legal ethics experts say cribbing from other lawyers’ work is common — but the propriety of doing so is “complicated.” Read more.
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