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People v. Poletti

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
Sentence and conviction of forcible lewd touching of a child under age 14 are affirmed over defendant's claims that the trial court erred by admitting...

Conservatorship of Moore

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an action brought by counsel for an elderly person suffering from dementia, challenging the probate court's ruling that counsel did not safeguard...

National Association for the Advancement of Multijurisdiction Practice v. Castille

Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a constitutional challenge to Pennsylvania Bar Admission Rule 204, which allows experienved attorneys to be admitted to the Pennsylvania bar...

Eric M. Berman, P.C. v. City of New York

Debt Collection, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In light of certified questions answered by the New York Court of Appeals, concluding that New York State's authority to regulate attorney conduct...

Golba v. Dick's Sporting Goods

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an attorney's fees dispute related to an underlying class action settlement, the trial court's judgment is affirmed where it did not err by denying...

US v. US District Court for District of Nevada

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Judges & Judiciary
In a petition for a writ of mandamus brought y the US challenging the a district court judge's policy of denying the applications for pro hac vice...

Castaneda v. Super. Ct.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Judges & Judiciary
When an attorney serves as a settlement officer in a mandatory settlement conference conducted by a judge and two volunteer attorneys, if the attorney...

Robol Law Office v. Recovery Limited Partnership

Admiralty, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an in rem admiralty action to obtain a salvage award, brought by an attorney who served for decades as counsel and landlord for a business entity...

In re Aranda

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an order to show cause why disciplinary or other corrective measures should not be imposed on a lawyer, based primarily on his numerous defaults in...

Acacia Patient Acquisition v. Superior Court of Orange County (Reddy)

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
In this case, petitioners seek the disqualification of the law firm of AlvaradoSmith which previously represented another law firm in an attorney fee...