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JESSEN v. HARTFORD CAS. INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Whether an attorney should be disqualified in a successive representation case depends on 1) the relationship between the legal problem involved in...

IN RE POPKIN & STERN

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law, Legal Malpractice
Law firm's professional liability carrier was liable on claim against the firm, as the firm had not dissolved before the claim was made; insurer's...

US v. UNDER SEAL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
An order compelling appellant's former attorney to answer two questions before a grand jury is affirmed, as appellant waived his attorney-client...

US v. ALMEIDA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Sentencing
When each party to a joint defense agreement is represented by his own attorney, and when communications by one co-defendant are made to the attorneys...

MED. BD. OF CALIFORNIA v. SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO (LISKEY)

Commercial Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Professional Malpractice
Business and Professions Code section 2354 does not permit disciplinary action against a physician's license to practice medicine based solely on the...

ALAN v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (UBS PAINEWEBBER INC.)

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Securities Law
In an action to compel arbitration to be conducted by a securities industry self-regulatory organization (SRO) that will not comply with ethical...

SCHWARTZ v. MILLON AIR, INC.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
Evidence does not show that attorneys acted in bad faith by relying on representations of a foreign lawyer regarding veracity of claims in connection...

TEAFORD v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
An appeal of a district judge's refusal to reconsider his earlier referral of an attorney's conduct to the Oklahoma Bar Association is dismissed for...

US v. BROWN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
A criminal defense attorney showed no irreparable harm warranting the district court's order requiring return and pre-indictment suppression of...

IN RE: SURRICK

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing reciprocal discipline, by suspending an attorney for a period of thirty months for falsely...