all - Opinion Summaries

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. v. SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON

Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Where defendant law firm accepted representation of a client in a transactional matter similar to one in which it had previously represented the...

NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO. v. UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW COMM.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law
Whether Texas law prohibits an insurance company from employing staff attorneys to represent its insureds in policy-related cases is not a question...

CMTY. DENTAL SERVS. v. TANI

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Where a client has demonstrated gross negligence on the part of his counsel, he has shown "extraordinary circumstances" that warrant setting aside a...

IN RE: KRAMER

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Where a federal court seeks to impose reciprocal discipline on a member of its bar based on discipline imposed on the attorney by another court or...

MCPHEARSON v. THE MICHAELS CO.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Because both plaintiff and the employee who entered into a settlement agreement waived the conflict of interest posed by an attorney representing...

SILVA v. WOODFORD

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Defense attorney's abandonment of an investigation into defendant's familial history and psychiatric background was not a tactical decision, and...

CITY NAT-L BANK v. ADAMS

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Securities Law
Absent the informed written consent of both the former and present client, a lawyer may not represent a party whose interests are adverse to his...

NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO. v. UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW COMM.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law
Whether Texas law prohibits an insurance company from employing staff attorneys to represent its insureds in policy-related cases is not a question...

CARO v. WOODFORD

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Habeas Corpus, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Defense counsel's failure to investigate and present evidence that defendant suffered from brain damage, due to his exposure to neurotoxicants and...

U.S. EXPRESS LINES, LTD. v. HIGGINS

Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Defendant lawyers' decision to invoke federal case law, rather than a procedural rule, in persuading a district judge to issue a maritime attachment...