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Picking

Picking Favorites? Not So Fast, Says Massachusetts Federal Court

by in Attorney Client Relationship, Conflict of Interest. Posted September 6, 2018
On July 26, in Altova GmbH v. Syncro Soft SRL, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts held that Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP (“Sunstein”) violated its duty of loyalty to Syncro Soft (“Syncro”) by dropping Syncro in favor of its more profitable client, Altova, in Altova’s patent infringement action against Syncro. Judge Pattis Saris granted Syncro’s motion to disqualify Sunstein. Picking
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Criminal

New York State Bar Approves Paying Fees in a Criminal Matter from Personal Injury Settlement

by in Attorney Client Relationship, Attorneys Fees, Ethics Opinion, Legal Services, News, Professionalism. Posted April 17, 2018
According to a recent opinion from the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics, attorneys who represent a client in both a criminal and civil matter are permitted to use the proceeds from the civil case to cover legal fees in the criminal defense matter.
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