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Corporate

Dec. 16, 2016

Corporation and law firm GCs on opposite sides in pending state Supreme Court case

The GCs of 11 corporations filed a brief highlighting the potential dangers of distrust between in-house and outside legal teams.

By Paula Lehman-Ewing
Daily Journal Staff Writer

General counsel at corporations and law firms are finding themselves on opposite sides over conflicts of interest in a pending California Supreme Court case.

The general counsel of 11 corporations filed a brief in Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP v. J-M Manufacturing Co. Inc., S232946, that highlighted the potential dangers of an open-ended advance conflic...

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