Discipline
Jan. 6, 2004
Snider Case May Have Negative Impact On Employers That Are Party to Suits
Focus Column - Legal Ethics - By Michael J. Collins and Nima Shivayi - In Snider v. Superior Court (Quantum Productions Inc.) , 2003 DJDAR 13056 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. Dec. 3, 2003), the Court of Appeal ruled that an attorney representing a former employee in a trade-secret misappropriation lawsuit did not violate State Bar rules by communicating ex parte with the plaintiff employer's low- and midlevel management personnel.
Legal Ethics
By Michael J. Collins and Nima Shivayi
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