Judges
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2.5KWhen Professor Rebecca Tushnet, a former Professor at Georgetown University Law Center Intervened – It Was Granted
"A key strength of our adversarial legal system is that we can learn the boundaries of the law from past cases,” Tushnet...
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3.3K1The Case of the Consumers versus the Consumer Watchdog and their BFF, OCWEN, on Appeal at the Eleventh Circuit
Burke v Ocwen and CFPB, that's right, the consumer watchdog objects to the consumers.
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2.9KJudge Swops Favorable Ruling for a Beach House Vacation at the Lawyers’ Insistence. Here’s What Happened.
A Pennsylvania lawyer has won reinstatement to practice after his suspension for letting a Luzerne County judge use his beach house in...
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2.1KEvery Tom, Dick and Harry Wants to Seal Records, But That’s Not How the Courts’ Work. Well, Theoretically
Secrecy is fine at the discovery stage, before the material enters the judicial record. But those documents, usually a small subset of...
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2.3KMotion to Intervene is a Right of The Press and the Public
The public thus has a right to access complaints in pending cases, in the weeks before an answer is filed, in the...
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4.1KTexas Lawyers Behaving Badly in Mad March 2020. An Array of In-Progress Results This Month and a Few New Additions
The State Bar of Texas' March Madness List of 15 disciplined lawyers and judges. Then there's the secret eight, a list of...
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2.2KCIGNA’s Attorney Privilege Claims too Fishy for this Senior Texas Federal Judge
In summary, the court concludes that AP may successfully assert the fiduciary exception against Cigna; or, stated differently, Cigna "cannot assert the...
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2.8K1In Tandem, “Opposing” Counsels”, namely the CFPB, a ‘Consumer Watchdog’ and Ocwen, a Non-Bank, Object to Consumers Constitutional Rights
Burke v Ocwen and CFPB, that's right, the consumer watchdog objects to the consumers.
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2.5KFracking Company Says Fraud In Patent Suit Negates Attorney Privilege and Seeks Disqualification of Lawyers – The Result
ATTORNEY as a WITNESS: Plaintiffs seek the same remedy as in the Landmark Graphics opinion, where the district court confirmed that a...
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2.8KLeonard Leo, the Federalist Society and Five Angry Senators
Mr. Leo’s personal financial interest in advocacy efforts related to the judicial selection and nominations process raises serious concerns regarding potential conflicts...
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2.4KFlorida State Appellate Court Sinks to a New Low as it Denies Homeowner Attorney Fees, Reversing a Ruling It Abruptly Pulled Five Months Ago.
In the context of attorney's fees, "it is well settled that the payment of a previously denied claim following the initiation of...
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3.3KMeanwhile in California, a Judge Faces Disciplinary Commission for Six Counts of Judicial Misconduct
The California Commission on Judicial Performance confirmed that it would move forward with formal proceedings against Judge Jeffrey Bennett of the Ventura...
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3.2K2Eleventh Circuit Judge Jill Pryor Seals Motion to Disqualify and the Intervenors Fire Back
When a motion to disqualify a judge is based on the judge’s ownership interest in certain real estate, the public must be...
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3.0KWhy Civil and Criminal Contempt in Federal Courts Is Rarely Invoked
Current federal jurisprudence grants judges wide latitude in the exercise of contempt powers, which in turn can lead to dire consequences for...
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4.0KTexas State Judge is Slapped for the Fifth Time, instead of being Slaughtered
Judge Gena Slaughters' law license was suspended five times since she was first elected in 2007, according to a public reprimand that...
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4.6K1Texas State Judge Furious at Jury Trial Request Gets the Standard Issue Public Slap by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct
Texas Judge Slapped: According to the public warning, released by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct, attorney Stefanie Collins (pictured) was representing...
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3.6KA Former Felon and Lawyer Wanted His Texas Law License Reinstated. His Request Was Correctly Denied.
Eggert was licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and the Northern District of Texas in 2004. The following year, Eggert moved to...
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4.4KEditors Choice: What Does A Robe Mean to A Judge In Texas – in Particular Where There IS Fraud On the Court?
Unbeknownst to many, federal courts have the power under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to set aside judgments entered years earlier...
