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 …
Disqualification Factor: Lawyer’s Client
Courts Often Examine the Client Harm Before Ordering Disqualification
Courts will often examine two factors about the to-be-disqualified lawyer’s client: (1) the knowledge of the client (primarily whether the …
Government Faces Heavy Burden to Disqualify Defense Counsel as a Necessary Witness
A federal district court (E.D. Va.) recently provided a lengthy analysis of, and the rationales underlying, the lawyer-as-witness rule. Of …
Medical Marijuana, Right to Counsel, and Standards of Review in Disqualification Cases
Lawyers for the medical marijuana industry have been the subject of ethics opinions (e.g., Ariz. Ethics Op. 11-01) and even …
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