Macfadden v. Benvenga

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• disqualifying law firm that had a “direct and substantial stake in the outcome of the litigation”
• disqualifying law firm that had a “direct and substantial stake in the outcome of the litigation”
• attorney “intentionally failed to seek the lawful objective of his clients” by failing to disclose material information concerning a real estate deal
• “As former partners in defendant lawfirm, Grutman and Bjork owe a fiduciary obligation similar to that owed by an attorney to his client * * *.”
• counsel has duty to avoid appearance of conflict

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).