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Florida Bar v. Shankman

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In a complaint filed by the Florida Bar against an attorney in connection with his representation of a seventeen year old client, the referee's...

Florida Bar v. Behm

Tax Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Referee's recommendation that defendant be found guilty of professional misconduct related to trust account violations and failure to file income tax...

Florida Bar v. Ratiner

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In Florida Bar's complaint against an attorney in connection to his alleged misconduct during the deposition of a representative of DuPont, referee's...

Real Estate Bar Ass'n for Massachusetts, Inc. v. Nat'l Real Estate Info. Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In the Real Estate Bar Association's suit against defendant for unauthorized practice of law, judgment of the district court is vacated in part,...

Harrell v. Fla. Bar

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a First Amendment action by a lawyer who advertised the services of his firm extensively, claiming in a broad facial challenge that nine...

Florida Bar v. Hines

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In the Florida Bar's complaint against an attorney, arising from events in the course of acting as attorney and closing agent in a real estate...

Florida Bar v. Scott

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In Florida Bar's complaint against an attorney, arising from the attorney's representation of a client-firm against the Commodity Futures Trading...

Plouffe v. Ligon

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action seeking to enjoin attorney disciplinary proceedings that defendant initiated against plaintiff, dismissal of the action is affirmed where...

Jenevein v. Willing

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action by a censured state judge against the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct seeking to have the censure expunged from his record,...

Fulton v. Med. Bd. of California

Administrative Law, Cyberspace Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Health Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's suit against the Medical Board of California, claiming that the publication of plaintiff's disciplinary information on its Web site,...