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Sanctions
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The Trademark Blog
Possible Sanctions Relating to ENTREPRENEUR Matter
Law.com: "Bankruptcy Judge Threatens $10M in Sanctions for Latham, Client" relating to Entrepreneur Magazine's actions after prevailing against EntrepreneurPR in trademark matter.
ImmigrationProf Blog
More Critique of Long Island Sanctions Proposal
A coalition of immigrant advocates and civil liberties activistsyesterday said a proposed Suffolk County law aimed at contractors whohire undocumented immigrants will inflame racial tensions and isn'tneeded because the federal…
Cam Law
UN Security Council demands that Iran suspend nuclear activities
More developments regarding Iranian nuclear activities occurred in the UN Security Council today. 31 July 2006 - Saying that Iran has not taken required steps to assure the world it…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Attorneys Sanctioned in Dog sees God case
Precursers to legal malpractice may often be found in the underlying case which has had sanctions granted. Here is one potential example of the act-sanctions-legal malpractice script. Here, the attorneys…
Cam Law
North Korean Challenge to UN Security Council
North Korea's nuclear missile tests are challenging the UN Security Council's use of sanctions. According to AFP (July 9, 2006), "Pyongyang, which is pushing for direct talks with Washington, has…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
PING: The Thompson memo and ancillary jurisdictionURL: http://appellate.typepad.com/appellate/2006/06/the_thompson_me.htmlIP: 204.9.178.8BLOG NAME: Appellate Law DATE: 06/27/2006 08:53:08 AMWhiteCollarCrimeProfBlog points to Judge Lewis Kaplan’s 83 page Order, in which he holds that 1) the Tompson memo is unconstitutional; 2) sovereign immunity bars an award of sanctions against the government (because there is no specific statute providi…
By Ellen Podgor
The KPMG defendants have cause for celebration as Judge Lewis Kaplan's 83 page Order is favorable. For now the Order is below. Analysis and highlights will be forthcoming.Download KPMG_Thompson_decision.pdf(esp)
PrawfsBlawg
Judges and Rising Above It All
Main Tuesday, June 20, 2006Judges and Rising Above It AllJudges often will use sanctions to compel lawyers to follow rules, and one of the most important rules lawyers must follow…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
plagiarism case
By legalwriting
Here's a sobering example of a court's sanctioning an attorney who misrepresented judicial opinioins in a brief: Precision Specialty Metals, Inc. v. United States, 315 F. 3d 1346 (C.A. Fed.…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Developments: Sanctions for Bad Faith Divorce Litigation
By Family Law
In two cases, the Texas Courts of Appeals recently were called upon to review trial court sanctions in divorce litigation. The first case presented an easy case for sanctions, notable…
Business and Commercial
9-15-14 sanctions limited to fees due to sanctionable conduct
By Ken Shigley
Under O.C.G.A. § 9-15-14, trial courts must limit fee awards to those fees incurred because of sanctionable conduct. See court opinion below. The Shigley Law Firm represents plaintiffs in wrongful…