all - Opinion Summaries

Florida Bd. of Bar Examiners Re: M.B.S.

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
A decision denying an applicant admission to The Florida Bar is reaffirmed as the egregiousness and duration of his misbehavior, including a)...

Maloy v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of Leon County

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Administrative Law
In an action brought by a county commissioner to recover legal fees incurred in defending an ethics complaint, summary judgment for the county-s Board...

Positive Software Solutions v. New Century Mortgage Corp.

Contracts, Copyright, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In the context of the question of whether an arbitration award must be vacated for "evident partiality," 9 U.S.C. section 10(a)(2), due to an...

Ochoa v. Fordel, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of motion by defendants to disqualify law firm representing plaintiffs, based on firm's hiring of attorney who previously worked at the law...

Fields v. Klein

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
A judgment awarding appellant's prior counsel a contingency fee in a matter arising from a motorcycle accident is reversed where appellant discharged...

US v. Ruff

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sentencing
A conviction and sentence for conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana is affirmed where the district court did not err in denying defendant's...

Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania v. Alticor, Inc.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law
In an appeal involving a motion to disqualify a law firm representing defendants, a rehearing is granted for defendants and a prior grant of the...

In Re: County of Erie

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
Order compelling production of emails and other documents claimed to be protected under attorney-client privilege, in case involving class of arrested...

Doe v. Dep't of Health

Administrative Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law
In the context of a disciplinary investigation by the Department of Health, petition for review of the denial of a doctor's motion to quash a subpoena...

Fieger v. Ferry

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 civil rights action challenging the refusal of certain Michigan Supreme Court Justices to recuse themselves from...