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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 03 2013 @ 01:36 PM EDT |
This has nothing to do with whether or not the lawyer agrees with
the client's position, and legal implications thereof. It has
everything to do with betraying the client's trust.
The issue here is that the law firm had a clear conflict-of-interest.
Whether that conflict-of-interest was in favour of Apple, or in
favour of the other side is irrelevant.
What it means to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius is that _every_ firm that
retained their services, can legitimately question whether or not
there was an unacknowledged conflict-of-interest, and if so, how
much in damages does Morgan, Lewis & Bockius owe them for
their unethical conduct. Additionally, if it appears that the firm
had conflict-of-interest issues with other clients, the entire law firm
can be sanctioned.
Today is not a good day to be a partner in Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius. I trust that their papers for dissolving the partnership have
already been drawn up. If they aren't, then they got bad legal
advice when the created the partnership.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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