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Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc. v. Intuit Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
In case arising from a strategic alliance agreement between a discount brokerage and a financial software maker, reversal of order disqualifying...

Dowling v. Chicago Options Assocs., Inc.

Contracts, Debt Collection, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a judgement based on breach of contract, a turnover order issued to the law firm Piper Rudnick for monies deposited with that firm by defendant is...

Fergus v. Songer

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Professional Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought to collect on attorney's fees and alleging breach of a partnership agreement, an order granting defendant's motion for a new...

Florida Bar v. Rodriguez

Agriculture, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In attorney disciplinary proceedings involving allegations of misconduct arising from attorneys' entering into a secret "engagement agreement" with...

Florida Bar v. St. Louis

Agriculture, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In attorney disciplinary proceedings involving allegations of misconduct arising from attorneys' entering into a secret "engagement agreement" with...

Canatella v. Van de Kamp

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Cyberspace Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a civil rights suit brought by an attorney against the State Bar of California, officers and another attorney, arising from defendant-attorney's...

Castillo v. State of Texas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
A judgment and sentence of death in a capital murder case is affirmed over meritless claims of error that: 1) the evidence was insufficient to...

PCO Inc. v. Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro LLP

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
In case involving former OJ Simpson attorney Robert Shapiro alleging he improperly obtained 12 duffel bags, each containing $500,000 in cash, that...

Hayden v. Robertson Stephens, Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In suit arising from default on loan made by brokerage firm, involving cross-actions for breach of fiduciary duty in giving financial advice and...

Roush v. Seagate Tech., LLC

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of motion to disqualify counsel for defendant is affirmed as plaintiff did not meet her initial burden of proving that another party, who had...