¶1 This case concerns a corporation‘s statutory and contractu-al duty to indemnify a corporate officer‘s criminal defense costs. Susie Strohm, the one-time CFO of ClearOne Communications, Inc., was charged with eight federal criminal counts relating to an investigation into certain accounting practices at ClearOne. She was later acquitted of all but one count. Strohm and her counsel, Dorsey, ... More...   $0 (04-09-2013 - UT)

This is an appeal out of Ada County challenging the administrative rule adopted by the Industrial Commission in 1994 that regulates the amount of attorney fees allowable for attorneys representing claimants in worker’s compensation proceedings. We uphold the validity of the rule.

I.

Factual Background.

The Idaho Industrial Commission (Commission) adopted an administrative ru... More...   $0 (02-22-2013 - ID)

In this dispute between next-door neighbors, plaintiffs prevailed in a prior action, establishing that their neighbor had unlawfully dumped contaminated debris on their property. Judgment was entered for plaintiffs. The judgment required the neighbor to remove the debris pursuant to a court-approved remediation plan. The funds for the remediation plan were placed in the trust account of the neighb... More...   $0 (01-20-2013 - CA)

{1} In the practice of law, there is no higher duty than one’s loyalty to a client. This duty applies to current and former clients alike. In this case, we are called upon to interpret this duty in light of Rule 16-110(C) NMRA of the Rules of Professional Conduct regarding the imputation of conflicts of interest to law firms. In interpreting and applying the rule to this case, we hold that when ... More...   $0 (12-06-2012 - NM)

[¶1] These consolidated appeals stem from the Redland family’s dispute over ranch property and operations. Appeals numbered S-12-0010 and S-12-0012 relate to real property that some of the Redland children claim their father, Robert Redland, agreed to place in a family trust. The district court granted Robert Redland partial summary judgment, holding that the claims were barred by the statute o... More...   $0 (11-21-2012 - WY)

This case asks us to decide whether particular officers and

employees of a bank owed a quasi-fiduciary duty to particular bank depositors. Michael

and Theresa Annechino deposited a large amount of money at a bank specifically to ensure

that their savings would be protected by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

(FDIC). Depositors and banks generally ... More...   $0 (10-18-2012 - WA)

In 1990, Attorneys Leonard Sands and Heleni Suydam began working together in the area of civil litigation. In March 1999, the law firm of Sands & Associates (Sands firm or firm) was established by Attorney Ada Sands, who, for many years, had been practicing in the areas of family law and estate and probate law. When the Sands firm was founded, Leonard Sands and Heleni Suydam became affiliated with... More...   $0 (10-13-2012 - CA)

This appeal arises out of a dispute regarding the requirements for determining whether a claimed amount of attorney fees is reasonable. After extended litigation to settle his parents’ estate, Kim Bailey (Bailey), the estate’s personal representative, asked the magistrate court for an award of attorney fees from estate funds, pursuant to Idaho Code § 15-3-720. The magistrate court found that ... More...   $0 (08-09-2012 - ID)

EISMANN, Justice. In this case, a jury returned a special verdict that: (a) awarded damages against an attorney and his girlfriend based upon the jury’s finding that they had breached their fiduciary duties to a former client of the attorney by purchasing half of his stock in a closely held corporation for less than its fair market value, and (b) cancelled debts owing by the corporation to the a... More...   $0 (05-29-2012 - ID)

Patricia Shelton (“Sheltonâ€�) filed suit asserting breach of contract and legal malpractice based on an alleged breach of an attorney-client relationship and contingency fee agreement. During the pendency of this action, Shelton passed away. Lois Bishop (“Bishopâ€�) sought to assert Shelton’s claims as her personal representative. R. Bruce Owens, Jeffrey Crandall, and Owens and Crandall, PL... More...   $0 (01-12-2012 - ID)

This case raises issues of First Amendment law. At the center of the dispute is The Price of Sugar, a documentary film released in 2007 by film company Uncommon Productions, LLC, and its principal William M. Haney, III. The film depicts the treatment of Haitian laborers on sugarcane plantations in the Dominican Republic. It refers by name to brothers Felipe and Juan Vicini Lluberes, senior executi... More...   $0 (12-02-2011 - MA)

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Plaintiff David M. Lay appeals from the superior court’s order granting summary judgment to defendants William J. Pettengill, Elizabeth F. Novotny, and Daniel K. Troidl on his complaint. Lay’s claims stem from an internal investigation into his behavior as a state trooper and his subsequent resignation from the Vermont State Police (VSP). Lay argues that the su... More...   $0 (11-23-2011 - VT)

The American Medical Association was not immune to the downturn in the economy. Budget cuts mandated that some employees lose their jobs, including at least one in the department where William Shaffer worked. Fortunately for him, or so it seemed, his supervisor was leaning toward letting another person go. But soon after Shaffer requested leave in light of upcoming surgery, that changed. His super... More...   $0 (10-18-2011 - IL)

{1} This case evolved from a wrongful death action filed by Plaintiff Ellen Sam as personal representative of the estates of her daughter, Hermanda Spencer, and her granddaughter, Lydia Burnett. Through her attorneys, third-party Defendants Paul Barber and the law firm of Barber & Borg, LLC (collectively Barber), Sam entered into a settlement agreement with decedent Hermanda Spencer’s father, De... More...   $0 (09-09-2011 - NM)

MFAA), a client may resolve attorney fee disputes by a speedy and inexpensive nonbinding arbitration process.1 Carrie Giorgianni prevailed at arbitration, and her attorney, John Kevin Crowley, filed a request for trial de novo that was within the 30-day time limit specified in the MFAA, thereby (he thought) rejecting the arbitration award. Giorgianni petitioned to confirm the award, claiming that ... More...   $0 (08-04-2011 - CA)

The petitioners, Fireman‘s Fund Insurance Company and National Surety Corporation (hereinafter, collectively Fireman‘s Fund) seek a writ of mandate vacating the trial court‘s order of November 18, 2010 which required an attorney, who was a member of a law firm that had formerly represented Fireman‘s Fund in this litigation, to answer at her deposition five questions to which objections of ... More...   $0 (06-28-2011 - CA)

George Haddy, appearing pro se, appeals from an order dismissing his legal malpractice suit against John W. Caldwell, Jr. on the ground that Haddy lacked standing. We reverse and remand.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

Haddy’s petition alleged that on January 12, 2004, he and his wife, Ana Haddy, entered into a contingency fee contract with Caldwell in connection with a medical mal... More...   $0 (06-15-2011 - TX)

Debtors Luis Vázquez Laboy and Carmen García Calderón claim they were unconstitutionally deprived of a hearing on damages due to them as a result of the Appellees' willful violation of the automatic stay in their bankruptcy case. Appellees Doral Mortgage Corporation – who set in motion the stay violation – and its former attorney-notaries at Canales Law Offices, Edgardo Canales Idrach and Ã... More...   $0 (05-27-2011 - )

“The relation between attorney and client is a fiduciary relation of the very highest character, and binds the attorney to most conscientious fidelity—uberrima fides.â€� (Cox v. Delmas (1893) 99 Cal. 104, 123; accord, Oasis West Realty, LLC v. Goldman (May 16, 2011, No. S181781) ___ Cal.4th ___ [2011 W.L. 1833208, *5].) Accordingly, “ ‘[a]ll dealings between an attorney and his clie... More...   $0 (05-24-2011 - CA)

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Waukesha County, Kathryn W. Foster, Judge, on certification by the court of appeals pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 809.61 (2007-08).[1]

¶2 The circuit court granted the motion of Bishop's Grove Condominium Association, Inc., the defendant, to disqualify the attorney representing Susan Foley-Ciccantelli and Dr. Mark J. Ciccantelli, the ... More...   $0 (05-24-2011 - WI)

Morgan & Morgan, P.A., appeals from the order which denies it an award of attorney's fees for services rendered on behalf of Larry McKean. Because the trial court failed to apply the appropriate legal standard to determine an award of fees under a quantum meruit theory, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

This suit arose when Beth Brockmann filed a sworn petition in the trial cou... More...   $0 (05-13-2011 - FL)

In this matter, we undo a series of egregious wrongs perpetrated upon the appellants, all of which were compounded by the assertion of frivolous defenses of numerous and patently erroneous trial court orders. Dr. Roberta Santini appeals an order enforcing a charging lien filed by her former attorney, Bartley C. Miller. She asserts that Miller forfeited his rights to compensation pursuant to a cont... More...   $0 (05-11-2011 - FL)

Workmen‘s Auto Insurance Company (company) sued Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc. (Carpenter) for negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract. After the trial court eliminated the fiduciary duty claim during pretrial proceedings, a jury decided in favor of Carpenter. The company appeals. It contends that the trial court erred when it granted summary adjudication regarding the allegat... More...   $0 (05-04-2011 - CA)

This case comes before us on appeal for essentially a third time.1 The current appeal is by the plaintiffs below, Farouk Abadir, Hosny Gabriel, Ricardo Ramos, Alfredo Rivas, Michael Vega and Huntington Anesthesia Group, Inc. (“Appellantsâ€�) from a November 19, 2009, order of the Circuit Court of Cabell County granting a motion to dismiss filed by the defendants below, Mark Dellinger and the law... More...   $0 (05-02-2011 - WV)

Under Labor Code section 98 et seq., an employee with a claim for unpaid wages has a right to seek an informal hearing in front of the Labor Commissioner, a so-called “Bermanâ€� hearing. If the employee obtains an award at the Berman hearing, the employer may request de novo review of the award in the superior court, which the statute calls an “appeal.â€� As explained at greater length below, ... More...   $0 (02-24-2011 - CA)