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US v. OBEROI

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
The district court abused its discretion by accepting a witness' consent as a sufficient basis for denying the Public Defender's motion to withdraw.

DAWSON v. TOLEDANO

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Legal Malpractice, Sanctions
When a client is sanctioned for the filing of a frivolous appeal, it does not mean that his or her attorney has committed malpractice as a matter of...

MORGANROTH & MORGANROTH v. NORRIS, MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, P.C.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement
When a complaint alleges that an attorney has knowingly and intentionally participated in a client's unlawful conduct to hinder, delay, and/or...

SPURLOCK v. THOMPSON

Civil Rights, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
A state prosecutor's decision to have witnesses testify falsely at plaintiff's criminal trial, even if done knowingly, is protected by absolute...

WHITEHEAD v. FOOD MAX OF MISSISSIPPI, INC.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
The district court acted within its considerable discretion under FRCP 11, in sanctioning an attorney for obtaining a writ to execute judgment for...

LEASEHOLD EXPENSE RECOVERY, INC. v. MOTHER'S WORK, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Landlord Tenant Law
In an action arising from a contingency fee contract under Texas law, (1) plaintiff was entitled to compensation only for charges that defendant...

LOWRY v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Benefits
A lawyer who frequently represents social security claimants could not bring a writ of mandamus to have an Administrative Law Judge investigated and...

HALL v. SUPERIOR COURT (LINDRUM)

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Legal Malpractice
An attorney representing the mother of a child in a wrongful death action owed no legal duty as a matter of law to the father of the child, thus the...

US v. MILLER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
District court's denial of a request for a third continuance of trial, based on lead counsel's health problems and purported lack of preparation by...

ANDERSON v. LARSON

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
District court erred in granting a prosecutor absolute immunity to a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim arising from plaintiff's conviction, as issues exist...