All posts tagged "bad faith"
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2.7KFederal JudgesFederal Judge Considers $854K Sanctions Against Gibson Dunn for Bad Faith Conduct
Judge Vince Chhabria of San Fran is So Done with Orin Snyder thinking he's above the law because of his legal profile...
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1.1KAppellate CircuitTrappin’ Lawyers and a Debt Dispute Has Sparks Flyin’ in Federal Court.
Senior Judge Sam Sparks acted with improper personal hostility toward counsel throughout the proceedings in this and similar cases.
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1.2KBankersTexas Federal Chief Judge Refuses to Label 18 Year Pro Se’s as Vexatious Litigants
This is the Pro Se's ninth lawsuit involving the foreclosure of the Property and third lawsuit against the Attorney Defendant Barrett Daffin.
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917Appellate JudgesStopping Personal Vendettas: Sixth Circuit’s Judge Kethledge Reverses Arbitrary Action by Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
If the debtor in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy moves to dismiss his case, "the court shall dismiss" it. 11 U.S.C. § 1307(b)
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1.1KAccelerationTexas Federal Judiciary Collaborate with Unlicensed Debt Collectors to File Vexatious Litigant Motions to Clear Docket
Chief Judge Lee Rosenthal denied label of 'Vexatious Litigant' with at least 9 foreclosure filings spanning 18 years, including 6 since 2017.
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1.6KAppellate JudgesColorado Bar’s Ethics Co-Secretary Karen Hammered by Circuit Judge for…Being Dishonest and Unethical.
Karen Hammer sanctioned for dishonesty. She is currently the Co-Secretary of the Colorado Bar Association’s Ethics Committee per her website.
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1.4KBankersPHH Mortgage, Ocwen and Howard Residential Sue PMI Claims Company Arch A Decade Later
PHH is authorized to bring this litigation as the Insured and/or the Servicer, on behalf of the owners and/or investors, under the...
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984Appellate CircuitRes Judicata Interpreted by 5th Circuit Judge Jerry Smith when Applied to Attorneys’ [Fees]
Res judicata bars causes of action or defenses which arise out of the same subject matter as the initial suit.
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936Federal LawThe Case For Attorney Fees: Bad Faith by Bank of America and Ocwen in Wrongful Foreclosure
Circuit courts may include attorney fees as part of an equitable remedy “in exceptional cases and for dominating reasons of justice.” Sprague,...
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1.4KAppellate JudgesJury Verdicts Are Rarely Overturned. It Was In This Case, In Favor of the University of Florida
The district court granted USFBOT’s motion for judgment as a matter of law, overturned the jury’s verdict on DeBose’s retaliation claim, and...
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2.9KAppellate CircuitFifth Circuit Judge Edith Clement Applies the Mandatory Fairness Requirement re An Opportunity to Be Heard
In the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, fairness requires that a litigant have the opportunity to be heard before a...
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2.5KFederal JudgesTexas Attorney James Walker of Cole Schotz and Clients Alfa Adhesives Stuck with 60k in Sanctions for Fabrication of Evidence
A Texas federal judge ordered a glue manufacturer to pay a furniture manufacturer $60,000 in attorney fees after one of the glue...
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4.0KFederal LawTexas Federal Magistrate Judge Andrew Austin Calls Out Law Firm [Mis]Conduct
Kirkland & Ellis LLP “should be embarrassed” by the way it stonewalled information requests from a legal recruiting firm which delayed discovery...
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3.1KLaws In TexasCriminal Judge Andrew Wright Sanctions Harris County District Attorney for Bad Faith Delay in Submission of Evidence
“The Court finds that the State has engaged in bad faith litigation tactics,” Wright wrote in an one-page order signed Aug. 23....
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1.7KDebt CollectorAre You Bloody Kidding Thrice? And a Caution
In this particular Opinion, it’s spits out that the litigant is not going to receive free filing due to being IFP, but...
