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Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of September 9-13, 2024

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Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee - Sexton v. State - capital case, direct appeal - In re Fla R Mediators - amended rules - In re Fla R Juv P - amended rules...more

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Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of September 2-6, 2024

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USA v. Wall - competency, RICO, trafficking, evidence, instructions, sentencing... Steines v. Westgate Palace - arbitration, Military Lending Act... USA v. Deleon - sentencing, physically restrained... USA v....more

Sands Anderson PC

Fair Notice to Pro Se Litigants: Eastern District of Virginia Set to Modify Roseboro Warnings

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Almost 50 years ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in a short, six paragraph opinion, ruled that pro se parties, those without lawyers, are entitled to “notice sufficiently understandable to [the pro se...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of August 26-30, 2024

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals USA v. Schwarzbaum - IRS, penalties ECB v. Chubb - insurance, policy interpretation, financial institution Boyd v. DOC - postconviction relief Eknes-Tucker v. Ala Gov - en...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Litigation Byte (August Edition)

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The Litigation Byte is the new name and format for McGlinchey’s Commercial Law Bulletin. Our new format reflects McGlinchey’s national coverage and our expanded footprint while still serving up the digestible, insightful...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of August 19-23, 2024

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Lange v. Houston Cnty - en banc vote vacating this decision, health insurance, gender - Calderon v. Sixt - car rental, contract breach, FDUTPA - USA v. Bell - mail fraud, wire fraud, false statements, evidence,...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of August 12-16, 2024

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Lange v. Houston Cnty - en banc vote vacating this decision, health insurance, gender - Calderon v. Sixt - car rental, contract breach, FDUTPA - USA v. Bell - mail fraud, wire...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of August 5-9, 2024

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Commodities & Min v. CVG - arbitration confirmation - USA v. Bush - escape, instructions, mens rea - AW v. Coweta Cnty Sch Dist - ADA, Title II, emotional distress damages - USA v. Munoz - denaturalization, estoppel - ...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Maine Law Court Upholds Sanctions Against Pro Se Litigant in Foreclosure Cases

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Pro se litigant Von Scott filed a complaint against Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) in the Superior Court, seeking to void a foreclosure judgment entered in FNMA’s favor and to set aside the subsequent sale of...more

Tyson & Mendes LLP

NO WAY, PRO SE! The Consequences of Abusing the Judicial System as a Pro Se Litigant in Colorado

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Intolerable, vexatious, egregious, grievous. These are just some of the adjectives used by the Colorado Supreme Court to describe the actions of a now-disbarred attorney, in a 51-page opinion issued in GHP Horwath PC et al....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Increasing Volume of Pro Se, Frequent Litigants, and Pre-Litigation Demands & Arbitration Claims in Financial Services Litigation...

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This is the first in a series of articles based on Womble Bond Dickinson’s recent 2024 Trends in Financial Services Litigation seminar. Managing consumer disputes and consumer lawsuits has always been a fact of life for...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Should I Hire a Divorce Attorney or Represent Myself?

Family courts regularly hear a number of cases involving parties who decide to represent themselves rather than hire an attorney. These parties are known as “pro se” litigants (meaning “for oneself” in Latin). If you are...more

Marshall Dennehey

One Bite at the Apple: Dismissing Repetitive Complaints from Pro Se Plaintiffs

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Key Points: Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 233.1 offers a two-prong test for defendants to utilize to dismiss repetitive complaints from pro se plaintiffs....more

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What a Defendant Should Do When on the Receiving End of Lawsuits From the Same Pro Se Plaintiff

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Kovalev v. Stepansky, DMD, et al., 2023 WL 5624181 (Pa. Super. Ct. Aug. 31, 2023) - The plaintiff filed a pro se complaint in 2017 in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas against, among others, Irina Stepansky, DMD,...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Are You Thinking About a Do-it-Yourself Divorce?

Someone who opts to proceed with litigation without an attorney is called a “pro se party.” Pro se is a Latin term that means “on one’s own behalf.” While it is legally possible for you to represent yourself in your divorce...more

Roetzel & Andress

Recent Changes to the Ohio Rules Address Remote Attendance, Discovery Disputes, and Service of Process

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The following highlights several of the changes to the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure that went into effect on July 1, 2023. The changes impact, among other things, physical and remote appearance, the rules governing...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

In The Crosshairs: The Legal Industry Grapples With The Application And Ethics Of AI

In May 2023, Steven Schwartz of Levidow, Levidow & Oberman admitted that he used a generative AI (GAI) platform to produce six non-existent court decisions as citations during his representation in a personal injury case...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Basic Legalese for Family Law

Unless you are a law student or Latin aficionado, the foregoing list of legalese (i.e., legal jargon) probably does not mean much to you.  In bygone eras, these types of phrases and antiquated adverbs like “heretofore” were...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Another Smorgasbord Of Opinions From The Court Of Appeals

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On May 3, 2022, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a large batch of opinions. By my count, twenty-two were published and thirty were unpublished. While history may prove me wrong, none of the published opinions...more

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Notice of Appeal-A quarterly newsletter reviewing Third Circuit opinions impacting white collar defense lawyers

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A jury convicted Defendant of tax fraud after he underreported his cash income from two of his pharmacies. Defendant argued on appeal that the affidavit in support of his search warrant was defective because it contained...more

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good

Report Detailing Impact of COVID-19 on the New York City Family Court Urges Reform

Over the past several months, I have had the honor of co-chairing a joint New York City Bar Association/Fund for Modern Courts work group, which just issued its report on the impact of COVID-19 on the New York City Family...more

Woods Rogers

The New Copyright Claims Board

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Copyright infringement cases are costly and time-consuming, but there is now an alternative for smaller claims – a new small claims tribunal for copyright matters involving less than $30,000.  In December 2020, Congress...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

District Court Finds Equitable Relief Not Available to Private Litigants Under FCRA

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The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently dismissed FCRA claims of a pro se Plaintiff finding that there is no private cause of action for equitable relief. In Jackson Phillip Mosley v. Bank Of America,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Remote Proceedings: Zooming Past Litigants’ Due Process Rights

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In January 2020, the Appellate Division considered an important question: how should a judge assess a party’s request to appear at a trial and present testimony by way of video transmission? The timing of this consideration...more

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Maryland District Court Allows Pro Se Litigant’s FCRA Claim To Proceed Beyond 12(b)(6) Motion

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The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland recently allowed a pro se plaintiff’s FCRA claim to survive a motion to dismiss. In Carrasco v. M&T Bank, Plaintiff Bryce Carrasco (Plaintiff) opened a new credit card in...more

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