Allison Dunn

January 24, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

A former Pennsylvania attorney was disbarred from practicing in New Jersey last week after he was convicted of stealing approximately $400,000 from an estate to pay for his personal use.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

January 21, 2022 | Daily Business Review

A Florida appellate panel ordered a new trial for a man who was convicted of drug offenses after his trial attorneys failed to exercise a strike for cause against a juror who showed she was biased against defendants who invoke their Fifth Amendment right.

By Allison Dunn

5 minute read

January 21, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

A federal judge has denied summary judgment to several banks accused in a $4 billion lawsuit of providing banking services that supported the Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

January 20, 2022 | Law.com

"Faced with the widespread and growing problem of nonconsensual pornography, the legislature acted within its authority to safeguard the health and safety of its citizens from this unique and serious crime by passing Indiana Code section 35-45-4-8," Justice Mark S. Massa wrote in the court's opinion Tuesday.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

January 20, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

The appellate court said there was no evidence that the winning judicial candidate consented to an individual voter's expenditures in support of his candidacy.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

January 20, 2022 | Law.com

"[C]an the attorney's conduct be squared with what would be expected of a reasonable officer of the court in similar circumstances? The answer here is no," U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns of the District of Massachusetts wrote.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read

January 19, 2022 | Law.com

"Although we agree that the amount of the forfeiture is substantial, so too is the gravity of Bisignani's offenses and the degree of his culpability," the appellate panel wrote.

By Allison Dunn

3 minute read

January 18, 2022 | Law.com

In a matter of first impression, the Colorado Court of Appeals said the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 'Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal,' which dealt with conflict-of-interest accusations against a West Virginia appellate judge, also applies to elected officials who serve in quasi-judicial capacities.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

January 18, 2022 | Law.com

The high court said a volunteer deputy's actions were constitutionally unreasonable when he followed a suspected drunken driver to her home and ordered her to "hang tight" until a deputy sheriff came to the scene.

By Allison Dunn

6 minute read

January 14, 2022 | Daily Business Review

A Florida state appellate panel sided with a South Florida boat yard company in its bid for attorney fees after the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit seeking damages for being banned from the business's property.

By Allison Dunn

4 minute read