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Tichinin v. City of Morgan Hill

Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a city for adopting a resolution condemning him for hiring a private investigator to conduct...

Dietz v. Meisenheimer & Herron

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an attorney-plaintiff's case against a law firm for breach of contract to pay contingent fee for referring a client and related claims, trial...

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...

People v. Cannedy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In the state's appeal from the trial court's order granting defendant's motion to recuse the Alameda County District Attorney's office pursuant to...

Meza v. H. Muehlstein & Co.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury action, grant of defendants' disqualification motion is affirmed where plaintiff's counsel hired a former defense attorney who...

US v. Reyes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sentencing
In a case involving convictions which represented the first criminal convictions for a stock option backdating practice that was widespread in the...

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...

Baker Manock & Jensen v. Superior Court of Fresno County

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Petition by writ of mandate seeking to vacate an order disqualifying plaintiff from serving as attorneys for any party in the probate action pending...

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...

Wiesmueller v. Kosobucki

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a class action challenging the Wisconsin policy of allowing graduates of law schools in the state to be admitted to practice law without taking the...