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GOLDBERG v. WARNER/HAPPELL MUSIC, INC.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility
An attorney's presumed possession of confidential information concerning a former client should not automatically cause the attorney's former firm to...

WINNICZEK v. NAGALBERG

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice
Recovery of an overcharge from an attorney in a criminal proceeding is not barred by the actual-innocence rule.

MANION v. AM. AIRLINES, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
Sanctions imposed upon defendant-attorney, for defying specific orders of the court, are reversed with respect to litigation costs pertaining to...

HARTFORD CAS. INS. CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law
In an insurance dispute, a new judge's refusal to vacate a recused judge's decision to deny plaintiff's motion for summary judgment was error.

SEC v. LOVING SPIRIT FOUND.

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions, Securities Law
In a receivership proceeding, denial of a motion to recuse the district judge is affirmed, and defendant's attorneys must show cause why sanctions...

LAGUNA BEACH COUNTY WATER DIST. v. SUPER. CT. OF ORANGE COUNTY

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
Defendant's lawyer did not waive the right to assert attorney work product protection when he sent letters containing work product to auditors on...

HARDISTY v. HINTON & ALFERT

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In the posttrial settlement of a personal injury action, a motion to vacate a finding that defendants misled a judge by making a false statement of...

BRAND v. 20TH CENTURY INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
Defendant's motion to disqualify an expert witness is granted where the expert witness was personally involved in providing legal advice and services...

LEWIS v. MAYLE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's federal habeas petition is reversed where his lawyer had an actual conflict of interest that adversely affected his...

OSORNIO v. WEINGARTEN

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate
A beneficiary to a will has a cause of action against an attorney who negligently failed to advise the testator that the intended beneficiary would be...