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Machado v. Superior Ct. (Atherton)

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Petition for writ of mandate challenging an order disqualifying petitioner's attorney is denied as a nonparty who was the attorney's former client and...

Kraham v. Lippman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In case involving new rule of Chief Judge of State of New York prohibiting certain high-ranking political party officials, their families, and their...

Droste v. Julien

Civil Procedure, Construction, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
In a dispute between homeowners and an architect over allegedly faulty building plans and other services he provided regarding the construction of a...

US v. Watson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Defendant's conviction for offenses relating to the distribution of cocaine base is affirmed over a claim that the district court should have granted...

Florida Bar v. Walkden

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
A petition of the Florida Bar for contempt against an attorney is granted and the attorney is disbarred from The Florida Bar due in part to his...

In re Timpone

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an attorney disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct relating to mismanagement of client funds, receiving a loan from a client, and earlier...

In Re: Grand Jury

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
In case where a grand jury issued a subpoena to appellant corporation's corporate counsel for testimony concerning communications made between the...

In the Matter of a Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Delaware: Tenenbaum

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
The laches defense is available in Delaware lawyer disciplinary proceedings. In an attorney disciplinary matter involving charges of professional...

Buser v. Raymond

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law
In an action alleging that a state board's practice of using an absentee judge during physician disciplinary hearings violated plaintiff's due process...

Shandralina G. v. Homonchuk

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In medical malpractice case, grant of motion disqualifying plaintiff's counsel for contacting expert retained by defendant and for failing to meet the...