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In Re: Grand Jury Proceedings

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
The district court properly issued a protective order which prohibits a witness from discussing matters occurring before the grand jury with anyone...

Housing Auth. v. Jones

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
A judge who decided pretrial motions against defendant, and then sat on the appellate division panel which reviewed the same case presented before a...

In re Silverton

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
When an attorney has been disbarred and reinstated as a member of the State Bar, disbarment is the appropriate sanction for subsequent professional...

Rompilla v. Beard

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sentencing
Even when a capital defendant and his family members have suggested that no mitigating evidence is available, his lawyer is bound to make reasonable...

Needler v. Rendlen

Bankruptcy Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
The bankruptcy court properly determined that plaintiff was disqualified from serving as an attorney for Debtor since plaintiff had been approved to...

Powers v. State of Texas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
An individual's status as a lawyer with the district attorney's office and a fact witness in a case does not constitute dual roles as proscribed by...

Mothershed v. Justices of the Supreme Court

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice
A disbarred attorney may not collaterally attack his state bar disciplinary proceeding in federal court.

Cal W. Nurseries, Inc. v. Super. Ct. of Orange County

Ethics & Professional Responsibility
The duty of loyalty automatically prohibits an attorney's concurrent representation of clients who have actual or potential conflicts.

Gov't of Rwanda v. Johnson

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, International Law
Defendant-attorney, retained by the retreating government of Rwanda, breached his fiduciary duty where his contract for services was treated as a...

King v. First Capital Fin. Servs. Corp.

Consumer Protection Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In consolidated appeals arising from complaints by mortgage borrowers that they were charged document-preparation fees by lenders and that those...