Appellate Circuit

The Texas Foreclosure Manual

Texas Foreclosure Manual, Includes 2019 Supplement. This essential resource, written for the general practitioner and real estate expert in mind, provides over...

Florida Insurance Defense Lawyer Curtis Lee Allen Faces Ethics Complaint Filed by the Florida Bar

Florida insurance defense lawyer Curtis Lee Allen is accused of unprofessional conduct toward opposing attorneys and a litigant by Fl. Bar.

Pro Se Obtains Reverse and Remand from 3-Panel at Eleventh Circuit

A pro se author, Benjamin Vient, convinced the 3-panel at the Eleventh Circuit to revive his copyright infringement lawsuit against a Florida...

Fraud On The Fifth Circuit by Mnuchin and Co.?

Have the Treasury and FHFA Perpetrated a Fraud on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Collins v. Mnuchin, now before the...

Judge Jill Pryor Sinks Law Firms Attorney Work Product Defense

The Eleventh Circuit held that the crime-fraud exception could overcome a claim of work product when attorneys, as opposed to their clients,...

Florida Supreme Court Suspends Lawyer for Causing Great Public Harm So He Pivots: Applies and Receives PPP Loan Between $1M and $2M.

Suspended Cora Gables attorney Scot Strems - whose former firm was the states most prolific filer of storm damage lawsuits against insurers...

Look Here: Ocwen Rapidly Settle with Florida for Cents on the Dollar. And The Goodwin Liar Lawyers Penned the Deal

With the Burke's on their back and the accruing cash windfall in January*, Ocwen has frantically settled with Florida.

We’re Talkin’ Clerks and Impartiality. One Judge is Talkin’ at the ABA about Nazi Judges

The Clerk has denied the Burkes’ first request for an extension of time in this case. The decision is unfair, based on...

Yes, There’s Porn Allegations Judge.

Former Chief Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski, the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit and others should not be allowed to duck...

Twombly and Iqbal: Opinions from the Fifth Circuit

The Fifth Circuit has applied those cases several times in its review of dismissals on the pleadings. This article surveys those opinions,...

Ponzi Scheme Owner Gets 40 Years Jail. Lawyer Involved in $300M Ponzi Scheme Attempting to Stop 90 Day Florida Bar Suspension.

LIT: There's something not right about this whole saga in Florida and when it involves real estate of this magnitude, you know...

Florida Bar: Litigation Immunity PreSuit is Not Absolute

In Florida, the law has long looked with disfavor on…slander actions against lawyers uttered in the due course of judicial procedure except...

PayDay Lenders Flex Their Lobbyist and Legal Moxie at the Bureau in Texas LawSlinger.

The industry trade groups challenging the CFPB’s final rule on Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans (the Rule) have filed...

Stealing Work from Your Own Members. That’s Union Power.

Eleven union officials were indicted by the Feds Thursday for allegedly steering contracts away from the very unions they are supposed to...

Motion to Strike Hopkins Fictitious Brief

Appellants, Joanna Burke and John Burke (“Burkes”), now file a Motion to Strike Appellee’s Hopkins Law, PLLC, Mark Hopkins and Shelley Hopkins...

Hopkins Brief Filed on Friday, October 2, 2020

William Barr Faces Ethics Complaint from 27 DC Bar Members – If It Passes The Initial Inquiry Stage

The public should not stand for more of this misconduct in the Attorney General’s office. At the least, this bar action may...

DC Bar Website Found to Be Insecure and Lawyers are Unhappy at the Inaction by the Bar

Word of the security lapse quickly spread and applicants said that they were able to access their application files after logging out.