Gift giving can be complicated, but especially so for lawyers if they are the intended recipient. A ruling handed down by the Vermont Supreme Court last month increased a lawyer’s suspension from three months to five months because the legal documents he drafted conveyed his client’s real and personal property to himself. While the lawyer
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Celgard DQ decision– sky is not falling, but representing economic competitors still merits caution
By Karen Rubin on
Posted in Conflicts, Disqualification
Celgard, LLC v. LG Chem, Ltd., a disqualification case decided by the Federal Circuit, continues to make waves. Insightful commentary from Ronald Rotunda is here; he notes that typing the case name into Google yields more than 5,000 hits.
Last December, when the opinion came out, there was concern (see here and here…