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R.I. Supreme Court Ethics Advisory Panel: Attorneys – Former employer – Conflict” —

  • “Where an attorney wishes to represent a client in a suit against a town school district represented by a law firm that previously employed the attorney, the Rules of Professional Conduct do not prohibit the attorney’s representation of the client,

 
DOJ’s New Biglaw ‘Conflict’ Policy: A Masterclass in Retaliation Theater” —

  • “In an effort to keep piling indignity upon the legacy of the Department of Justice, Deputy Attorney General (and apparently Librarian of Congress somehow?) Todd Blanche just unveiled a policy redefining ‘conflict of interest’ to mean ‘dared to sue us’ —

Pork Producers Want Ruling Tossed Over Clerk’s Conduct” —

  • “Pork producers and Agri Stats Inc., which are defending themselves against a major price-fixing suit, are calling on the Minnesota federal judge overseeing the case to recuse himself and vacate his recent rulings, accusing one of his clerks of having inappropriate relationships with plaintiffs’

This lawyer was counsel to El Chapo — and could soon be one of Mexico’s judges” —

  • “When the Mexican government announced it was holding the world’s largest judicial election — with voters electing thousands of magistrates and an entirely new Supreme Court — it hoped to bring fresh faces into the legal

Judge disqualifies chief deputy clerk from practicing in her court” —

  • “Mahoning County [Pennsylvania] Domestic Relations Court Judge Beth Smith issued three judgment entries Tuesday and Wednesday disqualifying Mahoning County Chief Deputy Clerk of Courts Jennifer Ciccone from acting as an attorney in Mahoning County Domestic Relations Court. The entries were filed in

FaceTec objects to Jumio’s replacement law firm in liveness IP dispute” —

  • “FaceTec is not saying Jumio can’t have legal representation in a dispute over IP for biometric liveness detection, just not the firm it had before, or the replacement it has chosen. The 3D face biometrics developer has filed a motion opposing

More from David Kluft: “Can the federal government order government contractors to disclose whether they hired a law firm the President doesn’t like?

  • “A portion of an executive order required government contractors to disclose if they did business with a certain law firm, with the aim of punishing and intimidating the firm and

From the website swineweb.com, comes: “Pork Industry Defendants Seek Judge’s Recusal Amid Allegations of Law Clerk Conflict” —

  • “Several of the largest players in the U.S. pork industry—including Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods, Seaboard Foods, and Agri Stats—have filed a motion to vacate recent court rulings and called for the recusal of U.S. District