Texas Supreme Court· 12/31/1998
In Re Epic Holdings, Inc.
Citations
- 985 S.W.2d 41
- 42 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 235
- 1998 Tex. LEXIS 162
- 1999 WL 2518
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that the delay in filing the motion to disqualify was not prejudicial because “almost no discovery” had been conducted at the time of filing
- concluding that an appeal of a ruling on attorney disqualification does not adequately remedy the injury suffered by the party whose counsel was disqualified
- holding that trial court had clearly abused its discretion in declining to disqualify a civil law firm that had represented the defendant in a matter whose claims were \substantially related\ to those in the pending lawsuit
- holding that trial court had clearly abused its discretion in declining to disqualify a civil law firm that had represented the defendant in a matter whose claims were \substantially related\ to those in the pending lawsuit
- “Members of a law firm cannot disavow access to confidential information of any one attorney’s client.”
- “We have repeatedly observed that 'the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct do not determine whether counsel is disqualified in litigation, but they do provide guidelines and suggest the relevant considerations’ ”
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Judges: Hecht, Phillips, Owen, Abbott, Davis, Ables, Baker, Gonzalez, Spector, Enoch, Hankinson
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