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In re Hoover

Bankruptcy Law, Sanctions, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice
In an ethics action, the district court's order of sanctions under Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9011(b)(2) against debtor's attorney, ordering...

Butler v. LeBouef

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an attorney's appeal of a probate judgment invalidating a will and living trust that he drafted for a client and which named him as the principal...

National Association for the Advancement of Multijurisdictional Practice v. Lynch

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Judges & Judiciary
In a challenge to the conditions placed on the privilege of admission to the Bar of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in...

City of Petaluma v. Super. Ct.

Labor & Employment Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a labor and employment action, arising over a former, female firefighter's claims of harassment and discrimination against the City of Petaluma,...

Osborne v. Todd Farm Service

Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Trial court's dismissal with prejudice of complaint for personal injuries during jury trial, as a sanction for plaintiff's counsel's repeated...

Schoenefeld v. Schneiderman

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Constitutional Law, Judges & Judiciary
In a challenge to a N.Y. Judiciary Law section 470, which requires nonresident attorneys to maintain an 'office for the transaction of law business'...

DP Pham v. Cheadle

Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action brought by an estate administrator seeking to disqualify counsel of a party, contending disqualification was required because counsel at...

Scheer v. Kelly

Civil Rights, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Constitutional Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, brought by plaintiff attorney challenging California's procedures for attorney discipline, the district court's...

Brooks v. Yates

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a habeas corpus action, the district court's dismissal of the petition as untimely is: 1) affirmed where petitioner failed to establish entitlement...

Radcliffe v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc.

Class Actions, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Consumer Protection Law
In an ethics and professional responsibility action, arising out of a dispute between class plaintiffs over conflicts of interest among class counsel,...