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Plouffe v. Ligon

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action seeking to enjoin attorney disciplinary proceedings that defendant initiated against plaintiff, dismissal of the action is affirmed where...

Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors of Allegheny Health, Educ. & Research Found. v. Price WaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
In a now bankrupt nonprofit company's committee's action against a financial auditing company for breach of contract, professional negligence, and...

Sandarg v. Dental Bd. of California

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Professional Malpractice
Superior court's denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandate seeking reinstatement of his dental license, which was revoked by the Dental...

Bierenbaum v. Graham

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a murder prosecution, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) it was not unreasonable for the Appellate Division to...

Carter v. Alk Holdings, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
An order imposing sanctions of $30,356.89 pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on a law firm, pursuant to a finding that three...

Lockton v. O'Rourke

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's legal malpractice suit, trial court's dismissal following demurrers by defendants is affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded...

Gorelik v. Costin

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against the president of the New Hampshire State Board of Medicine, arising from the Board's...

Goldberg v Merrill Lynch Credit Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' class action suits seeking to recover document preparation fees charged by defendant for services performed by clerical personnel in...

Gutierrez v. G&M Oil Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Trial court's decision setting aside a $4 million default judgment against a gas station chain caused by the negligence of its in-house attorney,...

Gutierrez v. G&M Oil Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Trial court's decision setting aside a $4 million default judgment against a gas station chain caused by the negligence of its in-house attorney,...