| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
Wu v. O'Gara Coach Co., LLCCalifornia Court of Appeal
Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Reversed order disqualifying attorneys. The appeals court held that no evidence had been presented that Plaintiff's attorneys possessed confidential...
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08/21/2019 | B289698 |
Doe v. Superior Court (Southwestern Community College District)California Court of Appeal
Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law
Held that a lawyer should not have been disqualified from representing a student-employee at a community college in a sexual harassment case. He did...
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06/13/2019 | D075331 |
Troice v. Greenberg Traurig L.L.P.United States Fifth Circuit
Securities Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Legal Malpractice
Held that investors could not proceed with a lawsuit accusing an attorney of being complicit in a client's Ponzi scheme. The attorney had immunity...
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04/17/2019 | 17-11464 |
Connelly v. BornsteinCalifornia Court of Appeal
Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Legal Malpractice
Held that the statute of limitations for malicious prosecution claims against attorneys is one year. Accordingly, the present lawsuit was time-barred....
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03/28/2019 | A152375 |
Martinez v. O'HaraCalifornia Court of Appeal
Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Held that an attorney committed misconduct by manifesting gender bias. Reported him to the State Bar. The attorney had filed a notice of appeal that...
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02/28/2019 | G054840 |
People v. LandersCalifornia Court of Appeal
Sanctions, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Criminal Law & Procedure
Reversed a $950 sanction imposed on a deputy public defender for violating a reciprocal discovery order by failing to disclose statements taken from a...
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01/14/2019 | A145037 |
O'Gara Coach Co., LLC v. RaCalifornia Court of Appeal
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Held that a law firm was disqualified from representing a party in an unfair business practices case due to a conflict of interest. Reversed the...
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01/07/2019 | B286730 |
Ironshore Europe DAC v. Schiff Hardin, L.L.P.United States Fifth Circuit
Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Held that an excess insurer could not sue an insured's lawyers for negligent misrepresentation. The insurer claimed that the lawyers led it to believe...
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01/02/2019 | 18-40101 |
Antelope Valley Groundwater CasesCalifornia Court of Appeal
Water Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Affirmed the denial of a motion to disqualify another party's counsel in longstanding litigation over groundwater rights. Stressed the movant's long...
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12/20/2018 | F078517 |
City of San Diego v. Superior Court (Hoover)California Court of Appeal
Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law
Held that there was no need to disqualify a city attorney's office from representing the city in a police officer's employment lawsuit. The officer...
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12/19/2018 | D073961 |