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Kornman v. SEC

Administrative Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Securities Law
In a petition for review of an SEC order barring petitioner from associating with a broker-dealer, the petition is denied where: 1) Rule 250 of the...

US Commodity Futures Trading Comm. v. Dizona

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law
In an action by the Commodity Futures Trading Corporation claiming that defendant-trader attempted to manipulate the market price of natural gas in...

Johnson v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's request for postconviction relief is granted and the death sentences vacated and remanded where the newly disclosed evidence shows the...

Siegel v. SEC

Administrative Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions, Securities Law
In a petition for review of the SEC's affirmance of the National Association of Securities Dealers' award of restitution against petitioner-securities...

Carr v. Tillery

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In an attorney-plaintiff's RICO suit against his former law partners involving a dispute over the division of legal fees in cases handled by the law...

Trust for the Cert. Holders of the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. v. Love Funding Corp.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for breach of a mortgage loan purchase agreement, judgment for defendant based on the district court's finding that the action was...

Kiobel v. Millson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law, Sanctions
In an appeal from an order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 sanctioning defense counsel for making factual representations that lacked evidentiary...

US v. Capener

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In a case involving a failed prosecution for health care fraud, an order partially granting defendant's motion under the Hyde Act and awarding fees to...

Priceline.com Inc. v. City of Anaheim

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Tax Law
In plaintiff's petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel the City of Anaheim to litigate tax assessment proceedings without the assistance of...

Armstrong v. Kemna

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a grant of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where: 1) there was insufficient evidence to show that certain state...