Government,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jul. 22, 2019
Attorney opposes ex-client giving their communications to court
Class counsel Brian S. Kabateck argued the law “is not intended to prevent the voluntary disclosure of work product by a client, much less a former client whom the lawyer has deceived.”
The former attorney of the lead plaintiff in a $67 million Los Angeles water bill ratepayer settlement being reexamined due to fraud allegations is trying to stop his onetime client from turning over documents in the case.
New York consumer attorney Paul O. Paradis of the Paradis Law Group is petitioning the 2nd District Court of Appeal to overturn a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge's ruling stating files in connection with h...
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