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«Although we may dislike or disfavor an attorney's choice to seek a criminal complaint against a former client in an attempt to collect payment for past services,» Justice John M. Greaney wrote for the SJC, «we can not deny any citizen the constitutional right to petition the courts to seek legal redress.»
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One other former client, Jill Harth, settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against President Donald Trump in 1997.
According to her, «There have been assassination attempts, at least twice, between February and April, 2017, against our client ostensibly by the operatives of the EFCC along the Yenagoa - Mbaima Road, Bayelsa State, in furtherance of its unlawful actions against the former first family.»
In court documents submitted earlier this week, attorneys for three former executives of Buffalo development company LPCiminelli, called for charges against their client, at minimum, be tried in Western New YorIn court documents submitted earlier this week, attorneys for three former executives of Buffalo development company LPCiminelli, called for charges against their client, at minimum, be tried in Western New Yorin Western New York.
Glenwood was also revealed in the recent complaint against former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver as one of the clients of a tax certiorari firm that paid the Democratic lawmaker undicslosed fees.
Korey Reiman, the court - appointed attorney for Trail, said charges against his client of transporting stolen property soon will become «moot» because The attorney for a man accused of raping a former Alabama student released a full - page ad in a local paper claiming that her text messages exonerate his
Then, lawyers at the firm Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro — the firm founded by the lawyer who offered the reward in the first place, Raymond P. Niro — sought to depose Frenkel in connection with their suspicion that he was in cahoots with the firm Fish & Richardson in its lawsuit against its former partner and now Niro client Scott Harris.
When a former client accused him of acting in conflict of interest, lawyer Williams Hoskinson brought an action against the client, Rodney Slagter, on the basis that he never acted for Slagter and his company.
As I first reported on May 26, 2016, in a lawsuit filed against him by two former clients, Bluford stipulated to a judgment against him in the amount of $ 559,330 to settle a lawsuit charging him with impersonating a lawyer, forging legal documents and swindling two clients.
Daniel Sharma represented a client in damage claim proceedings against a former subcontractor before the Regional Court of Stuttgart.
They may even be asked to testify against any of their former or current clients in a court of law.
Won arbitration against former employee of biotechnology client for breach of confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses of settlement agreement, and obtained preliminary and permanent injunctions for the violations in federal district court (2016 U.S. Dist.
Another law firm obtained, by summary judgment, an order for payment of its legal fees in the amount of $ 182,569.63 and an order dismissing a former client's counterclaim alleging negligence against it (2017 ONSC 3391, under appeal).
In his Judgment, Justice Burnett of the Divisional Court held that the «no real risk» test laid down in by the House of Lords in Bolkiah v KPMG [1999] 2 AC 222 was inapplicable since it was ``... inappropriate to equate a public body exercising statutory powers in connection with suspected crime with a solicitor who proposes to act against his former client.&raquIn his Judgment, Justice Burnett of the Divisional Court held that the «no real risk» test laid down in by the House of Lords in Bolkiah v KPMG [1999] 2 AC 222 was inapplicable since it was ``... inappropriate to equate a public body exercising statutory powers in connection with suspected crime with a solicitor who proposes to act against his former client.&raquin by the House of Lords in Bolkiah v KPMG [1999] 2 AC 222 was inapplicable since it was ``... inappropriate to equate a public body exercising statutory powers in connection with suspected crime with a solicitor who proposes to act against his former client.&raquin Bolkiah v KPMG [1999] 2 AC 222 was inapplicable since it was ``... inappropriate to equate a public body exercising statutory powers in connection with suspected crime with a solicitor who proposes to act against his former client.&raquin connection with suspected crime with a solicitor who proposes to act against his former client.»
As Silverglate was writing that first post, the Justice Department was in Miami, unsealing an indictment against Ben Kuehne, a respected Miami lawyer whose clients have included former Vice President Al Gore.
It is the fact of having confidential information which is material to the fresh retainer and which must not be disclosed in any circumstances to a third party; or, as here, to the wife in later litigation against H, the solicitor's former client.
Notable examples include acting for accountants in long - running litigation arising out of a failed tax avoidance scheme; acting for the developer and manufacturer of an offshore drilling system following an accident in operation; representing one of the Defendants in Novoship v Mikhaylyuk & Others, concerning allegations of bribery and secret profits; appearing in a substantial LCIA arbitration about the theft of oil stocks in East Africa;, successfully representing a broker in litigation against a former client under a futures brokerage contract in Sucden v Fluxo - Cane [2010] 2 CLC 216; and The «Ekha» [2011] 1 All ER Comm 1077, long - running litigation in the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal about an offshore drilling contract.
According to the San Francisco legal newspaper The Recorder, Los Angeles - based Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges ran an ad in one of its business litigation newsletters boasting of its recent victories, including securing a $ 65 million settlement for its former client, ConnectU in its trade secret theft lawsuit against Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
AMTF asserts that the former clients have breached their contracts by raising legal proceedings against it in Germany and asserting rights under the German law of delict.
Actions for breach of contract can be against vendors, clients, employees, former employees, employers, real estate or business partners, or any other entity where a contract exists between a business and another person or entity or between participants in a business.
Represented an aerospace coating manufacturing and systems integration company in a trade secrets case against former employees, resulting in a favorable resolution and judgment in favor of the client.
A lawyer who sued her former client for $ 3,937.50 for unpaid legal fees has had $ 7,000 in costs awarded against her, and the matter has yet to reach trial.
The former partner filed a 19 - count complaint against our client and the lawyers that represented him in the original litigation.
Defended a former shipbuilding client and a former aluminum industry client in Oregon against NRD claims by NOAA, DOI and state and tribal trustees;
In August 2008, two of Roscoe's former clients began a claim against Canaccord and Roscoe alleging they had suffered losses arising from unsuitable investments.
Highlights included acting for Omega Atlantic Limited in its professional negligence claim against GVA Grimley related to funding advice, and are representing Univer Manufacturing in a claim against its former solicitors alleging that the firm's drafting of an exclusive distribution agreement and indefinite IP licence failed to protect the client's interest causing substantial loss.
The firm continues to handles professional negligence matters for longstanding clients, including Paragon Mortgages and Idem Capital Securities; Frances Mitchell is continuing to act for the former in multiple claims against a firm of solicitors concerning alleged breaches of duty over buy - to - let mortgages.
Mr. Romain also successfully represented the former Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae against securities fraud claims in which the plaintiff sought more than $ 2 billion in damages, and the court awarded his client summary judgment on all counts.
A former client of Perkins Coie and Bracewell has filed a malpractice suit against the two firms, claiming they led it into a contract that failed to protect its interests in a deal with Morgan Stanley.
O'Brien provides a «superb service» and is currently representing a client in a claim brought against her former solicitors for misconduct of employment tribunal proceedings.
Acting for a leading Middle Eastern broadcaster in a complex fraud claim against the client's former directors
She recently successfully represented a Claimant in an unfair dismissal action against her former employers, a large care home company, securing a large amount of compensation for her client.
Represented high - net - worth individuals and their families in disputes with their former trust and estates counsel arising from negligent drafting of wills and trust instruments that risked unnecessary estate tax liability, obtaining settlements that fully protected the clients against the possible imposition of the unnecessary estate taxes.
Most recently, she represented a client in her lawsuit against former Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy Baca and the Sheriff's Department arising from allegations of abuse while incarcerated in the County's jail.
Moore Blatch's clinical negligence team has significant experience in making successful claims against NHS Resolution on behalf of clients, and with six former NHS solicitors in their ranks the team possesses unique insight into the inner workings of NHS trusts» litigation system.
Nick Carter and Joseph Cacace obtained a federal jury verdict of $ 1.5 million on behalf of their law enforcement client against the City of Fitchburg and its former mayor for defamatory statements and employment discrimination stemming from the withdrawal of the client's nomination as police chief in 2014.
We advised in connection with a claim being made against our client by the liquidators of his former consulting company for recovery of alleged director's loan account and in respect of a potential claim for professional negligence against his former accountants who mis - advised him in respect of his and the company's personal and corporation tax liabilities.
After multi-day evidentiary hearing, obtained injunction against former employee precluding work in restricted market, and precluding solicitation of our client's customers.
Representation of cookie and cracker manufacturer in trade secrets claim against former employee and his new employer — a competitor of our client.
That presumption can be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence that shows that all reasonable measures, as discussed in rule 3.4 - 20, have been taken to ensure that no disclosure will occur by the transferring lawyer to the member or members of the firm who are engaged against a former client.
he provided information that in late 2004 and early 2005, Angela M. Ford, appellants» attorney, filed lawsuits against Cunningham, Gallion, and Mills alleging that these attorneys stole millions of dollars from their former clients.
Successfully litigated a restrictive covenant case in Superior Court receiving an injunction against our client's former employee for violating his agreement not to solicit customers and accounts.
A written attorney fee agreement that specifies only hourly rates but is not ambiguous can not be modified by evidence that the parties agreed orally to cap the fees, the Texas Supreme Court held in a Houston lawyer's almost decade - old case against a former client.
In order to determine the existence of a conflict of interest, a lawyer should consider whether the representation of the current client in a matter includes acting against a former clienIn order to determine the existence of a conflict of interest, a lawyer should consider whether the representation of the current client in a matter includes acting against a former clienin a matter includes acting against a former client.
In considering whether an impermissible conflict arose, the majority held that courts must aver to the «possibility of real mischief» with respect to the misuse of confidential information by a lawyer against a former client rather than a lower standard that would only require the «probability of real mischief.»
Was the past transaction involving your former client connected to the present transaction in which you are seeking to act against your former client?