“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’

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“Lateral Partner Moves: Ethical Obligations of Lawyers and Law Firms” —

• “This article explains the ethical issues faced by laterally moving partners and their firms in light of recent guidance by the New York State Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association. See New York RPC 1.4 comments 7b-7g; New York

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“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

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“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

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“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

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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

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Another find from David Kluft: “Can a law firm fire a lawyer to avoid a disqualifying conflict?” —

• “A NY lawyer represented a defendant in a civil action through discovery. He then got a new job with the plaintiff’s firm. The Court held that the new hire created an unwaivable conflict of interest,

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