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In the Matter of: Estep

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In proceedings involving a public accountant engaged in the unauthorized practice of law, the court approves the findings below and finds that the...

In re Zamer G.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Family Law, Juvenile Law
In one of a number of recent appeals brought by the Children's Law Center of Los Angeles from orders of the juvenile court disqualifying the Center...

Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC v. Citation Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Order reversing bankruptcy court's order awarding an adjusted fee for the investment banking services of defendant, and affirming bankruptcy court's...

In re Jasmine S.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Juvenile Law
The juvenile court's disqualification of a unit of the Children's Law Center of Los Angeles involved in the concurrent representation of two siblings...

Am. Family Prepaid Legal Corp. v. Columbus Bar Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Remedies
Dismissal, on Younger abstention grounds, of a prepaid legal services plan provider's constitutional due process challenge to the Ohio Supreme Court...

Mardirossian & Assocs., Inc. v. Ersoff

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions, Sports Law
In dispute over legal fees between law firm and former manager for Sugar Ray Leonard and Billy Blanks, judgment for plaintiff-law firm is affirmed...

Florida Bar v. Nicnick

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
A report recommending that an attorney be found guilty of professional misconduct and suspended from the practice of law for ninety-one days is...

Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. State Water Res. Control Bd.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Indian Law, Water Law
A water right holder facing license revocation by defendant water board is deprived of due process of law when the revocation is being prosecuted by...

In re Zamer G.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Family Law, Government Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Orders of the juvenile court disqualifying certain independent units of the Children-s Law Center of Los Angeles from representing five siblings in...

In re: Green Grand Jury Proceedings

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
The crime-fraud exception applies to attorney work product. A client who has used his attorney's assistance to perpetrate a crime or fraud cannot...