all - Opinion Summaries

People ex rel. Lockyer v. Brar

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Remedies, Sanctions
Order denying attorney defendant's motion to set aside a default judgment against him is affirmed, but the default judgment is modified to enjoin...

Hussamy v. Rose

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
Petitions for review of a certified question are granted, the district court of appeal's decision in the underlying case is quashed, and the matter...

Goodman v. Illinois Dep't of Fin. and Prof'l Regulation

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Government Law
Denial of a preliminary injunction is affirmed in a first amendment challenge to an Illinois law prohibiting medical professionals from soliciting...

In re Koven

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In contempt proceedings against an attorney arising from two petitions for rehearing filed by the attorney, on behalf of her client, the attorney is...

Mercy Hosp. v. Mass. Nurses Ass'n

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Confirmation of an arbitration award directing defendant to reinstate plaintiff, an intensive-care nurse, is affirmed over defendant's argument that...

Florida Bar v. Pape

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
Defendants' television commercial using an image of a pit bull, with the term "pit bull" as part of their law firm's phone number is not...

Mosby v. Ligon

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Plaintiff's complaint, seeking a declaration concerning the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct's disciplinary proceedings...

In re Silverton

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
When an attorney has been disbarred and reinstated as a member of the State Bar, disbarment is the appropriate sanction for subsequent professional...

Mothershed v. Justices of the Supreme Court

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice
A disbarred attorney may not collaterally attack his state bar disciplinary proceeding in federal court.

Young v. City of Providence

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions
Sanctions issued against plaintiffs-attorneys are reversed where the district court erred in finding that plaintiffs had violated Rule 11 of the...