All posts tagged "sanctions"
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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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3.1KFifth 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...
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2.8KDeutsche BankJudge David Hittner Sanctions Foreclosure Defense Lawyers, Only for the Erie Guess He Relied Upon to be Error
The Lane Law Firm and several of its attorneys were sanctioned by Judge David Hittner for the Priester case, an erie guess,...
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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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5.2KNewsMeanwhile a District Court Clerk Magistrate in Massachusetts Gets Loads of Time Off Work
“WCVB 5 Investigates” tracked Colicchio for 26 days during a four-month period and found her at the courthouse on average 2 hours...
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2.2K1NewsAbbott the Law. How the Governor of Texas Reigns Supreme, For Now. #RESTORETX
Two former members of Texas state’s disciplinary board for judges claim Gov. Greg Abbott ousted them for initially voting to sanction a...
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3.5K4NewsGov. Greg Abbott Tried to Come to the Defense of Racist Texas Judges But it’s Ended Up Backfiring on Twitter
TEXAS Gov. Gregg Abbott is trying to condone his non-lawyer Judge Oakley comments and play down the racism and sexism that's rife...
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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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2.9KKen PaxtonFaith is Rewarded by Texas Giving Back to Justice
Johnson is joined on the board by another Dallas resident, retired Judge Molly Francis. Francis previously served on Texas' Fifth Court of...
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4.3KLaws In TexasOpinion Pending: A Well-Known Sanctioned NRA Lawyer With a[nother] Non-Disclosed Ethics Violation Taps the Supreme Court of Texas
Attorney Bill Brewer petitions the Texas Supreme Court. Of course he won. This is Texas and Texas Supreme Court is owned by...
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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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KKK Facebook Post by a Judge in Texas Gets a Public Censure vs. NY Justice Who is Forced to Resign and Never Seek Reelection Ever Again
I feel as though, due to my current financial situation and obligations to my family, I am being coerced into resigning. So...
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2.0KNewsThere’s a Texas Law Firm Raising its Sword Against Former Clients; But Will ‘Qualified Immunity’ (TCPA) Protect the ParaMedics?
Trevor Nikos Kocaoglan and Pablo Trejo, also argued the court should dismiss the Law Office of Chris Sanchez’s suit. They say this...
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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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1.3KFifth CircuitAs a Non-Prisoner, aka Homeowner, we Warn You, says Fifth Circuit
Everyone has targets, and so does the Fifth regarding case filings. Getting them in and out as quickly as possible is a...
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1.3KForeclosuresA Valentine Crushed
Valentine continually ignored the court’s urging, instead filing a variety of motions and judicial notices that did not cure the deficiencies.
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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...
