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Legal Profession Blog
Theft By Special Advocates Treasurer Results In Disbarment
The web page of the Ohio Supreme Court reports:The Supreme Court of Ohio today indefinitely suspended the law license of [an] Akron attorney...for professional misconduct arising from his theft of…
PropertyProf Blog
Is It Abandoned, or Is It Theft?
By propertyprof
From today's New York Times, a classic tale about abandoned property -- or is it? New York seems to think appliances left curbside have not been abandoned, but rather given…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Former Head of PEC Found Guilty
Former heard of Pedernales Electric Co-Op is found guilty of money laundering, theft and mis-application of fiduciary property. Bennie Fuelberg faces up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 per…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
A vehicle stolen while rented to a third party but still in possession of the owner may be covered under the owner’s insurance policy despite a rental exclusion.
Application by the insured for coverage under an insurance policy issued by Zurich Insurance Company was allowed. The policy insured a Caterpillar D6R owned by the insured, which was stolen…
Legal Profession Blog
Stealing From Blind Vendor Draws Censure
The New Jersey Disciplinary Review Board has ordered a censure of an attorney admitted in 1974. The attorney was employed by the state Department of Human Services ("DHS"). He was…
Legal Profession Blog
Taking Advantage Of Inexperienced Lawyer Leads To Theft, Disbarment
A bar discipline report from the web page of the North Carolina State Bar;[An attorney] of Mocksville sold half of his office building. He convinced the buyers and the closing lawyer…
Legal Profession Blog
Law Library Thefts Lead To Disbarment
The web page of the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers reports on a recent discipline case:The respondent...was admitted to the bar on June 19, 1985. In 2006 and 2007, he…
Legal Profession Blog
After Work
A Colorado attorney was suspended for a year and a day for the following misconduct:On April 1, 2009, in Orange County, California, Respondent left work, consumed alcohol, then fled from…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Texas Insurance Law: Entrustment and Theft
Last week I wrote about insurance policies concerning vandalism and theft. In a similar vein, this week I discuss another case involving theft; only this time the thief was no…
Nursing Home Law Blog
Fort-Lee Nursing Home Faces Allegations of Kickbacks, Theft and Sexually Improper Behavior
CareOne LLC, the Fort Lee-based nursing and assisted living home, is involved in a bitter legal dispute between the company and a former senior executive over allegations of kickbacks, theft…