All posts tagged "sanctions"
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909Appellate JudgesJudges Costa, Graves and Jolly Rely Upon an Unpublished 6th Circuit Opinion from 1993 to Brutalize Pro Se’s
In Golden, Mr. & Mrs. Golden were represented by counsel in a "pre-filing" sanctions case and where Mr. Golden is an ATTORNEY...
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1.9KAppellate CircuitDallas Abestos Lawyer Chokes On Her Own Perjury and Legal Omissions. Blamin’ the Paralegal Didn’t Fly Either.
Iowa Judge to Texas lawyer Dean: I’m so frustrated to get my head around why someone would draft something to the court...that...
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1.5KAppellate CircuitA Landowner’s Fight to Prevent The Big Skim in San Antonio Bankruptcy Court
The property is worth far more than than the $20.3 million bid by Schumacher. Appraisals have valued the land at as much...
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1.9KBankruptcyA Part-Time Texas Bankruptcy Judge and the Chief of the Supreme Court are Poker Buddies
Senior United States District Judge Royce Lamberth is a native of San Antonio. While his current home is the District of Columbia,...
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1.3KBankruptcySupreme Court to Ocwen. Keep Violating Your National Agreements. However, You will Pay $1k for Each Phone Call.
The court sanctioned Ocwen $1,000 per phone call and debtors claimed they had over 100 calls from Ocwen, so that amounted to...
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1.9KFederal JudgesAdmonished Judge Lynn Hughes Sanctions Attorney with Financial Penalty and Educational Training
Attorney U.A. Lewis must pay the reasonable attorney’s fees and costs associated with her collateral suits and perform ten hrs CLE Training.
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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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3.7KDonald TrumpAttorney Larry Klayman Calls D.C. Bar Partisan During Oral Argument. It Didn’t End Well.
D.C. Circuit Judge Karen Henderson Shuts Down Attorney Larry Klayman During Oral Argument re D.C. Bar Ethics Issues.
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1.1KDeutsche BankAll the D’s: Donald Trump, Dan Getler, Deutsche Bank and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Talk Business Licensing
In a secret, last-minute action, the Trump administration gave Israeli mining tycoon Dan Gertler and his businesses a license to, in effect,...
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1.8KLawyer ComplaintsButt Your Honor
While Texas Attorney Dennis Duffy’s behavior was clearly outside professional bounds, neither counsel was a role model of professional conduct, Judge Lee...
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2.1KLawyer ComplaintsThe Pontoon of Texas Lawyers Behavin’ Badly in December 2020
When you think the cards have been played before and the sanctions will be tougher on repeat offenders - these rogue Texas...
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4.0KEleventh CircuitFlorida 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.
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2.2KAccelerationRes Judicata, Sanctions and Judge Lynn Hughes Ends this Foreclosure Appeal for Homeowner Underwood.
A homeowner sued to prevent foreclosure on his home, arguing that the relevant statute of limitations had expired under Texas law. The...
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4.5K1AccelerationIt’s Still Cookin’ in the County Hot Potato Case. A Letter is Issued to the Chief Judge Smashing the Sanctions Order
Magistrate Judge Harjani did not take into account the Hot Potato Doctrine which does not protect the Goodwin Procter lawyers violations.
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3.8K1AccelerationJudge Bucklo’s Avoiding The Hot Potato Ethical Questions in this Sanctions Motion but Sends the Messenger Magistrate to Tell it’s Mashed Up Tale
The Hot Potato Rule is a serious matter and Goodwin Law and their attorneys Tom Hefferon, Matt Sheldon et al should have...
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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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3.0KFifth CircuitJudge Sparks Sanctions and Recusal Row But Judge Andy Oldham Settles it With a Silver Bullet
The district court determined that Tejero’s attorneys did not settle his lawsuit quickly enough. So the district court sanctioned them. That was...
