All posts tagged "attorney immunity"
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2.4KDebt CollectorViolations of the Texas Debt Collections Act (TDCA) : Jaffer v. Kelly M. Davis & Assocs. (E.D. Tex., 2020)
Shawn Jaffer is a Fair Debt Collections Attorney and Texas Debt Collections Act Attorney(TDCA) in Dallas, Texas. He sues Debt Collectors.
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3.0KFederal LawThrice. Texas Ethics and Federal Appeals in 2020
A Theoretical dismissal is Not Justice. Unlike the Burkes, not a shred of evidence was presented by Hopkins to support his claims.
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2.2KDeutsche BankFifth Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan is Transparent as the Burkes’ Watch His Moves.
Judge Dennis dissents quoting that the case majority (Judges Duncan and Elrod) relies upon was decided under Mississippi state law, rather than,...
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3.3KEditors ChoiceThe Unprecedented Greed Series: What do Rudy Giuliani, Ukraine, and Goodwin have In Common? Criminality.
NY Judge: Correia’s reliance on an out-of-circuit case, United States v. Hankins (5th Cir.), for the proposition that a client’s communication of...
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2.4KFederal JudgesFracking 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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13.2K1Fifth CircuitTexas Supreme Court Says Tampering With Evidence Receives Attorney Immunity. Check Your Car Brake Lines Next Time You Leave Court Folks.
Bethel alleges that Quilling intentionally destroyed key evidence in the case by disassembling and testing the trailer’s brakes before Bethel had the...
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2.2KLaws In TexasTexas State’s 14th COA Rejects The Federal Appellate Court (5th Cir.) Erie Guesses on Attorney Immunity
Fourteenth Court of Appeals (Tex.) re Attorney Immunity : We are not bound by these two federal court decisions. Nor do we...
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4.3KLaws In TexasTexas Law Firm Partner at Jackson Lewis PC, William Davis, Caught On Audio Going from Lawyer to Liar
Collister alleged that Davis gave legal advice to KXAN that was outside the scope of an attorney’s duties, and had “stepped over...
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3.2K1Appellate CircuitAustin Lawyer Deemed to be a Vexatious Litigant in Court fined $43,000 in Sanctions
“Why does the government have to go after the citizen? There’s something terribly wrong with that,” Connor said. “This is the entire...
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2.6K1Appellate CircuitA Legal Malpractice Award in Texas? Will it Stick? Heck No. And it’s a “Dredgeful” Opinion by the States Highest Court
Unfortunately, in this case, the client unwittingly relied upon bad professional legal advice, which is apparently not a good argument for a...
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4.6KLaws In TexasWho is Canton Texas Attorney Andrew David “Drew” Vaughn?
LIT strongly object to the fact this lawless lawyer, Andrew D. Vaughn of Canton, Texas was not disbarred, there is serious trust...
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3.4KAppellate CircuitVexatious or Not, The Supreme Court of Texas Decide to Abate Lower Court Sanctions Against Texas Lawyer Stephen Casey
Asking the Court to declare pro se's Vexatious Litigants is a serious matter. LIT asks; WHY could the Supreme Court of Texas...
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2.7K1Federal Judges
Fracking Company Says Fraud In Patent Suit Negates Attorney Privilege and Seeks Disqualification of Lawyers – N.D. Tex.
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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1.9KFifth CircuitAre You Qualified? Shields and Swords are Being Raised in the Roman-American Colosseum
This atextual, ahistorical doctrine - which shields public officials from liability, even when they break the law - was essentially invented out...
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2.2KAppellate CircuitFifth Circuit Judge Willett Opines: § 1927 sanctions imposed against Attorney(s) for advancing a meritless, immunity-barred claim against Judge are Reasonable
Since 1980, federal courts have awarded stiff sanctions under modern § 1927 to punish the wrongful prolongation of litigation. Here, Morgan persistently...
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1.8KEditors ChoiceMeanwhile in California, a Judge Provides Immunity to 3 Cops for Alleged Theft in Excess of $225k, One of Whom Recently took a Plea Deal for a Prior $20k Bribe
The lack of any cases of controlling authority or a consensus of cases of persuasive authority on the constitutional question compels the...
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2.7KDebt CollectorFifth Circuit Appellate Court for the State of Texas Reenacts the Alamo by Charging Lower Court Abused its Discretion by ‘Invading the Attorney Work-Product Privilege’
The court’s opinion doesn’t seem to reflect or take note that the trial court’s order had allotted for redacting any attorney-client privileged...
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2.6K1Fake Documents7th Circuit Rules LLC Does Not Protect nor Shield Attorney from Fraud Lawsuit
The 7th Circuit opined, There is no legal authority supporting the attorney contention that a lawyer can’t aid a client’s fraud.
