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Legal Profession Blog
Doctor’s Note
I mentioned in a previous post that the redesign of the web page of the Colorado Presiding Disciplinary Judge has made it far more difficult to access recent bar discipline…
Legal Profession Blog
Falsified GPA On Resume Leads To Bar Admission Denial
The Maryland Court of Appeals has denied admission to an applicant who had passed the February 2013 bar examinationWe consider whether to grant the application for admission to the Bar of…
La Revue
La fausse déclaration intentionnelle – Bonne foi lors de la souscription du contrat d’assurance (suite et fin)
Cass. Civ. 2e, 3 mars 2016, n°15-13.500 Le 3 mars 2016 la seconde chambre civile de la Cour de cassation s’est de nouveau prononcée sur la fausse déclaration intentionnelle (Cass.…
La Revue
Nullité relative d’une cession de droits sociaux pour réticence dolosive du cédant : quand la jurisprudence emboîte le pas à la réforme du droit des contrats
Les tribunaux semblent anticiper les changements opérés par la publication de l’ordonnance n°2016-131 du 10 février 2016, portant réforme du droit des contrats entrant en vigueur le 1er octobre 2016.…
Zalma's Insurance 101 Videoblog
Insurance 101 – Chapter 15 – Volume 59 – Remedies for Misrepresentation
By Barry Zalma
Remedies for Misrepresentation When an insurer determines that grounds for rescission exist it should evaluate its investigative results to determine if a cause of action lies against the broker or…
Zalma's Insurance 101 Videoblog
Insurance 101 – Chapter 15 – Volume 8 – More on Soft Fraud
By Barry Zalma
More on Soft Fraud The materiality of a misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact is usually a mixed question of law and fact that under most circumstances should be…
The Right Coast
Federal judge lowers the boom on DoJ after bad faith & misrepresentations « Hot Air
Finding that Justice Department lawyers repeatedly misled the court about when the government would begin implementing new immigration directives, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen ordered any Washington-based Justice Department lawyer…
Legal Profession Blog
“Into The Realm Of A Disciplinary Proceeding”
In a matter where the attorney failed to properly handle a case in which a three-year-old child died when struck by a motorcycle, the Louisiana Supreme Court imposed a year…
Legal Profession Blog
Not A Skit
An 18 month suspension without automatic reinstatement was imposed by the Indiana Supreme Court for a false description of an incident on the applications for law school and bar admission.While an…
Wiley Executive Summary
Seventh Circuit Holds Insured’s Material Misrepresentations in Application Warrant Rescission of Policy
Applying Illinois law, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has held that a medical service provider’s material misrepresentations regarding its use of non-traditional and experimental weight…