all - Opinion Summaries

In re Marriage of Murchison

Family Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an appeal of a trial court order disqualifying her counsel from representing her in divorce proceedings with her husband, the order is reversed...

Costello v. Buckley

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a suit seeking to collect money plaintiff allegedly loaned her boyfriend-defendant during their relationship, in which defendant retained his...

Ontiveros v. Constable

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a suit brought by a minority shareholder in a company against the majority shareholder, asserting direct and derivative claims arising from a...

Bernstein v. Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP

Labor & Employment Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Constitutional Law
In an employment action, arising from plaintiff partner’s resignation from his own law firm and subsequent suit, settled out of court, the district...

People v. Hogan

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for criminal possession of a controlled substance is affirmed where: 1) the trial court properly considered the drug factory presumption of...

People v. Watson

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for criminal possession of a weapon and resisting arrest is affirmed where the trial court did not abuse its discretion in relieving...

In re Grand Jury Investigation

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law
In a subpoena compliance appeal, arising from an investigation into alleged false statements by defendants' attorneys to the FDA during the agency...

Schaeffler v. US

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Tax Law
In a tax action seeking to quash an IRS summons, the district court's denial of plaintiff's petition to quash is reversed where: 1) plaintiff did not...

Gomez v. City of New York

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a civil action alleging assorted constitutional violations stemming from plaintiff's arrest and detention, the district court's denial of...

Sprengel v. Zbylut

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Legal Malpractice
In a malpractice suit against the attorneys who represented the opposing party in an underlying copyright infringement action, in which plaintiff sued...