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WASHBURN v. SOPER

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Legal Malpractice
In a diversity legal malpractice action, the district court did not err in determining that Illinois had the more significant relationship with the...

DIVANE v. KRULL ELEC. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
The district court acted within its discretion in reducing the amount of an original FRCP 11 sanction award by a figure representing a reasonable...

BURDEN-MEEKS v. WELCH

Civil Rights, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a retaliatory termination claim by former city employees, when an intergovernmental cooperative agency voluntarily disclosed a copy of a report to...

O'SULLIVAN v. COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
District courts improperly certified classes of plaintiffs alleging that a mortgage broker accepted kickbacks from law firms in violation of the Real...

HECHTMAN v. NATIONS TITLE INS. OF NEW YORK

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Section 627.792, Florida Statutes, providing insurer liability for misfeasance of an agent, does not apply to attorneys who are acting as title...

MIRANDA v. CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
The administrative head of a county public defender's office qualified as a state actor under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, for a policy leading to denial...

IN RE GRAND JURY SUBPOENAS

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
Work product claim, unsupported by any in camera identification or submission of responsive documents, was too conclusory to show a real concern that...

LERNER v. FLEET BANK, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
Lack of RICO standing does not divest a district court of jurisdiction over the action because RICO standing, unlike other standing doctrines, is...

DAHL v. ROSENFELD

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law, Legal Malpractice
Malpractice claims, alleging that a law firm mishandled a union grievance so that the union took no action to remedy an employer's breach of a...

ISI INT'L, INC. v. BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Legal Malpractice, Trademark
The district court did not abuse its discretion in relegating a Lanham Act and attorney fiduciary breach suit to a Canadian forum, where no tenable...