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Breaking News: LA Supreme Court denied Judge Benge's request for rehearing3 comments

nowdoucit wrote 5 days ago: The Louisiana Supreme Court has denied Judge Joan Benge’s request to rehear their decision to … more →

Tags: Judge Joan Benge, louisiana supreme court

Magistrate Judge Walker - the Company man shows his hand in rush to trump Magistrate Judge Parker 5 comments

nowdoucit wrote 1 week ago: As reported in Now, about that document State Farm produced for Judge Senter in Rigsby qui tam, Coas … more →

Tags: Lizana v State Farm, Magistrate Judge Walker, Lebon v State Farm, Magistrate Judge Robert Walker, New ight Baptist v State Farm

You be the judge - Impeachment hearing of Louisiana federal judge Thomas Porteous begins today UPDATED 2x10 comments

nowdoucit wrote 1 week ago: Congressional hearings on the potential impeachment of U.S. District Judge Thomas Porteous of Metair … more →

Age and the Judge2 comments

Jack Marshall wrote 3 weeks ago: U.S. District Senior Judge Malcolm Muir recently turned 95.  Many articles in the media celebrated h … more →

Tags: Law, Law Enforcement, Professions, respect, responsibility, Professional Ethics, Age, aging, Judge Malcolm Muir, Courage

Breaking: Jefferson Parish Judge Joan Benge removed from the bench7 comments

sop81_1 wrote 3 weeks ago: We covered Judge Benge’s legal troubles back in July in a post I think was one of Nowdy’ … more →

Tags: Sop, Joan Benge

Recuse in the Scruggs news 5 comments

nowdoucit wrote 1 month ago: A coincidence, perhaps? Northern district Judge Shannon Aycock (Wilson v Scruggs) and southern distr … more →

Tags: legal ethics, Dick Scruggs, Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association, Wilson v. Scruggs, Federal District Judge Sul Ozerden, Federal District Judge Keith Starrett, Federal District Judge Shannon Aycock, Young v Scruggs

The Price We Pay For "Pro-Business" Courts17 comments

Bam Bam Bigelow wrote 1 month ago: As I’ve said in prior posts, I firmly believe Americans can no longer claim we’re … more →

Tags: Insurance Law, Claims Handling, Anti Concurrent Clause, usaa, bad faith, Nationwide, legal ethics, wind damage, Corban V USAA

What Can Happen When One Honest Judge Takes on a Giant Corporation1 comment

Bam Bam Bigelow wrote 1 month ago: Justin Maxon / The New York Times Bam Bam readers know my feelings about this great man, Judge Jed S … more →

Tags: legal ethics, Bam Bam Bigelow, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Judge Jed S Rakoff

Let's talk - the Branch qui tam, Rigsby, and Judge Sarah Vance

nowdoucit wrote 1 month ago: SLABBED has been talking about the Maustaud directive on expedited claim handling process. Like most … more →

Tags: Flood Insurance, Claims Dumping, Claims Handling, false claims act, qui tam, nfip, ex rel Rigsby v State Farm, Branch Consultants qui tam case, Hurricane Katrina litigation

Roger Williams Law School, Your Family Dinner and a Texas Prosecutor Sleeping with a Judge

Matt Jerzyk wrote 2 months ago: Two interesting bits of tabloid news on the legal circuit. First, involving Rhode Island’s own … more →

Tags: National Courts, Professional Responsibility, RWU School of Law, Texas

Why men like Judge Jed S. Rakoff should matter to us9 comments

Bam Bam Bigelow wrote 2 months ago: Justin Maxon / The New York Times “We’re a nation of laws, not men.” Thus sayeth J … more →

Tags: legal ethics, Bam Bam Bigelow, Judge Jed Rakoff, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Rule of Law

Anyone else remember that Federal Judge that actually lives up to his oath of office1 comment

sop81_1 wrote 2 months ago: Justin Maxon / The New York Times I sure do as the blogger who would become known as Bam Bam Bigelow … more →

Tags: Sop, legal ethics, regulatory capture, Securities and Exchange Commission, TARP criminal investigations, Judge Jed Rakoff, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch

Pinocchio's nose - State Farm Protective Orders 4 comments

nowdoucit wrote 2 months ago: There are more SLABBED posts and comments on State Farm Protective Orders that I care to count on a … more →

Tags: Claims Handling, bad faith, State Farm, legal ethics, Magistrate Judge Walker, Hurricane Katrina litigation, protective orders, Scot Spragins, Good cause for protective orders

A quick note Ocean Oil v O'Dwyer2 comments

sop81_1 wrote 2 months ago: We are watching Judge Lemelle’s actions in Ocean Oil v O’Dwyer and though we don’t … more →

Tags: Sop, legal ethics, Judge Ivan Lemelle

Here's a judge who took an oath of office, and lives up to it. An anonymous guest post.7 comments

sop81_1 wrote 3 months ago: Justin Maxon / The New York Times The judges name is Jed S. Rakoff, and he “sits” in the … more →

Tags: Sop, legal ethics, regulatory capture, protective orders, Judge William Acker, Renfroe v. Rigsby, Securities and Exchange Commission, TARP criminal investigations, Judge Jed Rakoff

2 new working papers on judicial opinions

Paul Lomio wrote 3 months ago: “Judges and Their Editors” Albany Government Law Review, Forthcoming University of Misso … more →

Tags: Appellate judges, Court Opinions, Judicial behavior, Judicial Clerkships, Judicial decisionmaking, opinion writing, Douglas E. Abrams, Model Code of Judicial Conduct Rule 1.3

expedite is a plaintiff's turtle and insurer's hare3 comments

nowdoucit wrote 3 months ago: There is a time disparity is the Court’s treatment of plaintiffs and defendants that has resul … more →

Tags: Claims Handling, legal ethics, Politz v Nationwide, Magistrate Judge Walker, Bossier v State Farm, Hurricane Katrina litigation, Privilege Logs, abuse of privilege, improperly shielding discoverable information

One man's convicted felon is another's father, son

nowdoucit wrote 3 months ago: Nowdy, those other blogs are eating your lunch on the Delaughter story. Maybe so, concerned reader, … more →

Tags: Judicial Bribery, legal ethics, USA v Minor, Paul Minor, John Whitfield, Wes Teel, Firth Circuit, US Supreme Court, Yeager v US

State Farm has secrets - but not for long! 26 comments

nowdoucit wrote 4 months ago: Coast attorney Deborah Trotter is at it again – and this time she’s challenging “s … more →

Tags: bad faith, legal ethics, State Farm Market Conduct Survey, Hurricane Katrina litigation, "protection orders", Lizana v State Farm, Deborah Trotter of Merlin Law Group


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