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In the Matter of the Hon. Cathryn M. Doyle

Judges & Judiciary, Sanctions, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
The determination of the Commission on Judicial Conduct which sustained three charges of misconduct against petitioner-judge and directed that she be...

McLaughlin v. Phelan Hallinan & Schmieg

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Sanctions
Dismissal of plaintiff's action alleging that defendant-law firm violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) in its attempt to collect a...

Kismet Acquisition, LLC v. Diaz-Barba

Bankruptcy Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
The district court properly ruled on the bankruptcy court's post-judgment imposition of contempt sanctions on defendants for failing to transfer a...

Peake v. Underwood

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
In an action brought by plaintiff-buyer to recover damages for defendants' alleged failure to disclose defective subfloors in the home plaintiff...

Sartin v. McNair Law Firm PA

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions
In a malpractice action brought against defendant-law firm, who represented plaintiff-attorney in his challenge to a court order imposing sanctions on...

Source Vagabond Systems v. Hydrapak, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
The decision of the district court sanctioning plaintiff under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 for suing defendant for infringing its patent for...

StreetEasy, Inc. v. Chertok

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In an action brought by plaintiff pursuant to the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, where the parties had entered into a settlement...

In re Marriage of Moore

Family Law, Sanctions
Judgments in a marriage dissolution action regarding the division of retirement and employment benefits, the division of other assets, the award of...

Monsanto Company v. E.I. Du Pont de Nemours

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
In an action for breach of a license agreement and infringement of plaintiff's patent for Roundup Ready soybean seeds, the district court's orders...

CDR Creances S.A.S. v. Cohen

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
Where a court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, conduct that constitutes fraud on the court, the court may impose sanctions including, as in...