For people who lose a claim of confidential lawyer-client communication or work product privilege, the normal rule gives them a scary option if they want to contest the loss in a higher court. They must defy the order, which directs them to produce the documents or furnish the information, and thus stand in contempt of
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Law Firm Can’t Accept $7.5MM to Screw Clients, Second Circuit Rules
By Barry Barnett on
Did you really not know that selling out your clients could get you in trouble?
A law firm that agreed to take many millions — up to $7.5 millions — from a defendant in return for getting plaintiff-clients to settle cheap seems not to have thought that far ahead.
The firm hired on to represent…
Waiver in Joint Defense Pact Dooms DQ of Law Firm, Federal Circuit Says
By Barry Barnett on
The joint defense agreement between Nintendo and Advanced Micro Devices made their talks about litigation private but also said the JDA and actions under its veil would not provide either Nintendo or AMD grounds to disqualify counsel for the other company.
An in-house lawyer for AMD left the company for a job as partner at…
Quote of the Day: Larry Bodine
By Barry Barnett on
These rankings are the bedbugs of law firm marketing.
Larry Bodine, "Oh No! The U.S. News Law Firm Rankings are Out Tomorrow", Larry Bodine Law Marketing Blog, Sept. 14, 2010) (referring to 2010 Best Law Firms in October issue of U.S. News & World Report).