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16 Jan 2023, 6:11 am by Dan Bressler
It was his choice to agree to act for Mr Ball in a personal capacity in his criminal case, where the conflict (or risk of conflict) should have been apparent to him.'” “Federal prosecutor reviewing classified documents found at former Biden office” — “A number of government documents marked classified were found this fall by lawyers for President Joe Biden in a closet in a Washington, D.C., office used by Biden when he was a… [read post]
8 Aug 2022, 10:06 am by Mark Astarita
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed new rules to help improve governance arrangements across all registered clearing agencies by reducing the likelihood that conflicts of interest may influence the board of directors or equivalent…Read the Full Press ReleaseHave a securities law question? [read post]
6 Dec 2021, 8:11 am by Dan Bressler
” “Thus, when facing a government inquiry, the lawyer must evaluate whether he or she can take on the new representation and whether the inquiry itself creates a conflict between the lawyer and the client. [read post]
16 Nov 2022, 6:14 am by Dan Bressler
“Texas Doc Claims Atty Had Conflict In Whistleblower Case” — “A Texas doctor who was hit with a judgment of more than $2.5 million is claiming in a new lawsuit that his interests were in conflict with other defendants also represented by his former lawyer, who is now a senior counsel with Clark Hill PLC. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 8:32 am by Eric Turkewitz
According to Justice Battaglia, “in this case a reasonable lawyer should have been aware of the conflict of interest upon receipt of Plaintiff’s Complaint. [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 3:05 pm by McNabb Associates, P.C.
"I have considered all the possibilities, and I do not see or believe there to be any conflict of interest or even potential conflict of interest between Mr. [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 3:05 pm by McNabb Associates, P.C.
"I have considered all the possibilities, and I do not see or believe there to be any conflict of interest or even potential conflict of interest between Mr. [read post]
3 Nov 2021, 10:26 am by John Elwood
At trial, Holcombe’s lawyer cross-examined the co-defendants he also represented. [read post]
1 Aug 2008, 10:12 pm
A recent Alberta case gave summary judgment dismissing a claim against two lawyers sued for a conflict allegedly arising from the fact that a) the lawyers were Jehovah's Witnesses; b) acted for Watch Tower, the governing body of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada; and c) at the same time represented a sixteen year old girl dying of cancer and attempting to resist the government imposition of blood transfusions on the basis of her own beliefs as… [read post]
14 Oct 2009, 1:58 pm
When the lawyer represents two clients with potentially conflicting interests, which is the “each” that takes priority? [read post]
28 Mar 2017, 10:00 am by Guest Blogger
Although government lawyers must be objective and non-partisan, this element conflicts with the nature of their work as government employees and agents of the Attorney General. [read post]
22 Apr 2009, 8:53 am
More specifically, the paper will seek to answer the two questions presented through an analysis of three high profile government cases: Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore's lawsuit against the tobacco industry, the City of Chicago's lawsuit against the gun industry, and former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's legal action against financial services firm Merrill Lynch regarding conflicts of interest in its provision of investment research… [read post]
21 Aug 2019, 7:46 am by Dan Bressler
” “On Monday, however, Simon went further, saying it had become apparent that his lawyers at Weil had a conflict they didn’t tell him about. [read post]
1 Dec 2020, 8:39 am by Dan Bressler
Ronnie Greer on Friday granted the government’s motion for judicial inquiry into possible conflicts of interest but found that the potential conflicts involving Kehoe and fellow Greenberg Traurig shareholder Danielle Kemp were waivable. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 8:00 am by Mark K. Payne
Feldscher’s paper is somewhat technical, and written in a way that was not easily understood (imagine that, coming from a lawyer!) [read post]
9 Nov 2021, 8:11 am by Dan Bressler
When the two branches of government fall into a constitutional dispute, the notion that the attorney general doesn’t have a conflict of interest is…well, absurd. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 7:47 pm by Simon Chester
We’ve posted before about the work that the Canadian Bar Association has been doing on conflicts of interest and the development of tools for the profession to manage conflicts of interest. [read post]
11 Jan 2009, 7:00 am
As an institutional class the legal profession in North America labours under a conflict of interest and, even for those few lawyers who might be inclined to defend the truth standard, the futility of repeating the conduct for which I was and still am being persecuted. [read post]