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Tesco Am., Inc. v. Strong Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
A judgment denying a motion for rehearing and for disqualification in an appeal is reversed where the opinion at issue was authored by a justice who...

Newby v. Enron Corp.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Securities Law
A grant of intervention given to the Texas Board of Public Accountancy in In re Enron for the purpose of accessing discovery protected by court order...

RDC Golf of Florida I, Inc. v. Apostolicas

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
A final judgment confirming an arbitration award removing defendant as sole general partner of a limited partnership formed to acquire and operate a...

US v. DeFonte

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
An order denying inmate-intervenor's motion for a protective order and requiring her to deliver certain documents to defendant, a correctional...

Florida Bar v. Greene

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Securities Law
An attorney is disbarred for five years for commission of ethical violations based on securities fraud and trust account violations, and mail fraud...

Freedman v. Fraser Eng'g & Testing, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Judgement Enforcement, Professional Malpractice
Judgment in favor of plaintiff's attorney foreclosing an attorney's charging lien and an order denying enforcement of an alleged settlement agreement...

Lieblein v. Shewry

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Health Law
Denial of a mandate petition challenging an agency's denial, for failure to disclose required information, of a pharmacist's application for continued...

Frye v. Tenderloin Hous. Clinic

Attorney's Fees, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Landlord Tenant Law, Remedies, Tax-exempt Organizations
Corporations Code section 13406(b) does not occupy the entire field of law governing the corporate practice of law by nonprofit corporations. Reversal...

Hecht, Solberg, Robinson, Goldberg & Bagley v. Superior Court of San Diego County (Panther)

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate
Petition for writ of mandate from an order compelling a third party law firm to comply with a subpoena for production of business records is denied in...

Cherubino v. Fentersheib & Fox, P.A.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice
Grant of defendant-law firm's motion to dismiss a legal malpractice action for fraud on the court is reversed where the dismissal with prejudice was...