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Salmeron v. Enter. Recovery Sys., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Judgement Enforcement, Sanctions
In a qui tam action involving allegations of fraudulent student loan debt collection practices, grant of defendants' motion to dismiss is affirmed as...

Am. River Transp. Co. v. Ryan

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement, Sanctions
District court's dismissal of plaintiff's lawsuit against defendant for injuries sustained in a collision is reversed and remanded as neither the...

Johnson v. Smith

Bankruptcy Law, Sanctions
In a bankruptcy adversary proceeding for violating the automatic stay, an order of sanctions against defendant is affirmed where the dismissal of the...

O'Brien v. Ed Donnelly Enters., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In an action seeking unpaid wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act, judgment pursuant to defendants' Fed. R. Civ. P. 68 offer of judgment is...

Lucas v. Duncan

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In an appeal from a Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 sanction issued against plaintiff's attorney, the order is vacated where: 1) there is no basis in the text of...

Lee v. Lee

Contracts, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
In a dispute involving a transfer of property, trial court judgment is affirmed where: 1) a disputed 2002 deed is not invalid under the statute of...

Negrete v. Becerra

Attorney's Fees, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Sanctions
Probate court judgment ordering plaintiff to pay monetary sanctions to the court and attorney's fees to the court appointed attorney for defendant is...

Amalfitano v. Rosenberg

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions
District court judgment is affirmed where: 1) the New York Court of Appeals determined that N.Y. Jud. Law sec. 487 permits the award of treble damages...

Martorana v. Marlin & Saltzman

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions
Trial court judgment sustaining the demurrers of Class Counsel is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff is collaterally estopped from pursuing a malpractice...

Hernandez v. Vitamin Shoppe Indus. Inc.

Class Actions, Sanctions
In an appeal from sanctions issued against an attorney for improperly soliciting opt-outs from a plaintiff class, the order is affirmed where the...