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Noe v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Habeas Corpus
In habeas proceedings arising from a drug conspiracy conviction and sentence, denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) the...

Swahn Group, Inc. v. Segal

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a legal malpractice action alleging malpractice by defendants in an underlying breach of contract case, dismissal of the action is reversed where...

Kirk v. First Am. Title Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action alleging violations of consumer protection laws by title insurers, the trial court's order disqualifying a law firm on the defense side...

In re: Roman

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
The Second Circuit publicly reprimanded an attorney, reciprocally suspended him for a six-month period based on a prior suspension imposed by the...

Padilla v. Kentucky

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
In postconviction proceedings arising from a drug distribution prosecution, after which petitioner faced deportation based on his guilty plea and...

Sandra T.E. v. S. Berwyn Sch. Dist. 100

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a law firm's appeal from the district court's order requiring it to produce documents it created in an internal investigation of a school district,...

In re Gates

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
District court's contempt conviction of a criminal defense attorney for failing to appear in court on time for a plea hearing is reversed as the...

Christenson v. Ault

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a burglary and kidnapping prosecution, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) petitioner procedurally defaulted his claim...

In the Matter of Goldstein

Banking Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In an attorney disciplinary proceeding, the Delaware Supreme Court finds that a public reprimand was the appropriate sanction for respondent-attorney...

Alexander v. Cahill

Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
In a First Amendment challenge to attorney advertising rules issued by the New York Appellate Division barring, inter alia, testimonials from clients...