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Investigates January 17, 2025 3 mins read

A conflicts screen that may not be a screen at all?

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IIG Managing Partner pleads guilty to Ponzi-like scheme

Cozen O’Connor says the ethics complaint was filed in bad faith and should be dismissed. According to the answer filed on June 30, the firm said, "This is not a 'multimillion-dollar representation,' but rather a collection action where McNeil is engaging in a tactical effort to avoid paying the amounts long outstanding due and owing to Mahoney for services rendered. If McNeil or his counsel had bothered to inquire concerning an ethics screen, rather than filing the complaint to gain a tactical advantage, they would have learned that there was no basis to believe, suspect or imply that McNeil's former client confidential information was at risk."

McNeil disagrees. In his complaint, he states, “A month's delay in the implementation of a screen in a sensitive, ongoing matter such as this is akin to no screen at all."

McNeil is now represented by the law firm of Blank Rome LLP.

 (McNeil v. Cozen O’Connor PC, case number 170504087, in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.)

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A former attorney and trained journalist with more than 30 years of experience, Jane E. Kaiser is an accomplished writer, editor, and author. She regularly ghostwrites nonfiction books and blogs for professionals, including lawyers and law firms, accounting firms, healthcare and insurance organizations, Fortune 500 corporations and small businesses, public relations and marketing agencies, nonprofits, and civic/trade organizations.  Jane has also written speeches for a U.S. president, presidents of the American Bar Association, and an attorney in South Korea; edited publications and reports for major corporations and small service firms; executed communications plans for non-profits and new organizations; and ghost written articles for attorneys, CEOs, and small business owners. The author of "Wisdom, Tips and Musings on Marketing and Public Relations (2002)," Jane has also written for such publications as the Minneapolis Star, Kenosha News, Twin Cities Magazine, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, Illinois Legal Times, Wisconsin Opinions and the Wisconsin Law Journal. In addition, she writes romantic fiction under a nom de plume, and will publish five books about lawyers in love this year. Jane completed undergraduate and graduate degrees in journalism and education from the University of Minnesota, and a law degree from St. Louis University. She also attended Northwestern University.

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