Concurrent Client Conflict of Interest

DQ Case of the Week: Representing the “In-Spouse” and the Family Business

The disqualification case of the week involves conflicts in the representation of small businesses and divorcing spouses (particularly in community-property …

Disqualification News, Tips, and Tricks

Within the past two weeks or so, four interesting and concise articles on lawyer and law firm disqualification have been …

DQ Case of the Week: Outside General Counsel DQed for Representing Corporation and Shareholders in Close Corp Dispute

The New York Supreme Court disqualified a close corporation’s general counsel this past week for, in essence, failing to ask: …

Disqualifying Criminal Defense Counsel

In criminal cases, a lawyer is typically in jeopardy of disqualification in the following four ethical dilemmas: (1) when the …

Lawyer Disqualification in the UK

Prof. Robert Flannigan just published an insightful piece on UK disqualification practice. Perhaps unsurprisingly, solicitors face disqualification most commonly in …

Dropping a Client Like a “Hot Potato”

The current client conflict of interest rules are (unsurprisingly) more restrictive than the former client conflicts of interest rules. This …

Choice of Law and Self-Disqualifications

This unpublished federal decision raises two fascinating issues. First, although styled as a motion to withdraw, it more accurately involved …

Concurrent Client Conflicts

One of the starkest bases for disqualification arises when the interests of one current client conflict with the interests of …