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Litigation

Oct. 14, 2010

A Setback for Civil Litigation Reform

A case empowering government agencies to retain private counsel in civil actions raises ethical issues. By Thomas Gede and Nima Javaherian of Bingham McCutchen.

By Tom Gede and Nima Javaherian

California businesses, and potentially businesses across the nation, face the risk of more enforcement actions and litigation from state government agencies as the result of a state Supreme Court decision filed July 26 (County of Santa Clara et al. v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County (Atlantic Richfield)). The Court generally affirmed the ability of government attorneys in certain cases to retain private attorney...

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