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ESTATE OF KEATINGE v. BIDDLE

United States First Circuit
Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice
Where defendants failed to preserve the issue of a potentially misleading jury instruction, as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 51, they do not meet the...
11/01/2002 02-1317

US v. BURGOS-CHAPARRO

United States First Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
An attorney's dual representation of the defendant and another member of drug conspiracy did not amount to an actual conflict of interest; thus,...
10/23/2002 01-2394

BROWN & LACOUNTE, L.L.P. v. WESTPORT INS. CORP.

United States Seventh Circuit
Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
An insurer had no duty to defend a law firm, in a claim alleging improper receipt and retention of payments for legal services rendered under a void...
10/10/2002 02-1425

NIELSEN v. DICKERSON

United States Seventh Circuit
Consumer Protection Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Debt Collection
Where a letter sent by an attorney falsely suggested that an attorney had become actively involved in a credit card company's debt collection...
10/09/2002 00-2780/81

IN RE CHARLES T.

California Court of Appeal
Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Family Law, Juvenile Law
Orders of the juvenile court, terminating a mother's parental rights and freeing a minor for adoption, are not void for the court's failure to appoint...
10/04/2002 C040423

IN RE: PILLOWTEX, INC.

United States Third Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Where there has been a facially plausible claim that a bankruptcy debtor's counsel received an avoidable preference, the court cannot avoid the...
09/23/2002 01-2775

CARROLL v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERV. AGENCY)

California Court of Appeal
Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Family Law, Juvenile Law
In a dependency proceeding, one attorney may not continue to represent multiple minors with an actual conflict of interest, and when such conflict...
09/13/2002 D039951

JOHNSON v. RIDDLE

United States Tenth Circuit
Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Debt Collection
Under Utah law, a holder of a dishonored check may not collect a shoplifting penalty, thus an attorney violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act...
09/05/2002 01-4028

BORNEMANN v. URE

Supreme Court of Florida
Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Civil Procedure
A lower court decision, as to trial counsel's obligations to discover and investigate information and records, is quashed in light of the Florida...
08/29/2002 SC01-702

SWAT-FAME, INC. v. GOLDSTEIN

California Court of Appeal
Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
A malicious prosecution claim was not actionable against a law firm, where the firm was entitled to rely on information provided by their client...
08/27/2002 B153856

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