1) May a court rely on non-legislative expressions of public policy to overturn an arbitration award on illegality grounds? (2) Can a sophisticated consumer of legal services, represented by counsel, give its informed consent to an advance waiver of conflicts of interest? (3) Does a conflict of interest that undisputedly caused no damage to the client and did not affect the value or quality of an attorney's work automatically (i) require the attorney to disgorge all previously paid fees, and (ii) preclude the attorney from recovering the reasonable value of the unpaid work?
Cite as
2016 DJDAR 4055Published
Apr. 29, 2016Filing Date
Apr. 27, 2016Summary
The petition for review was granted in a case from the 2nd District Court of Appeal, 244 Cal.App.4th 590, mod. 245 Cal.App.4th 63b. This case presents the following issues: (1) May a court rely on non-legislative expressions of public policy to overturn an arbitration award on illegality grounds? (2) Can a sophisticated consumer of legal services, represented by counsel, give its informed consent to an advance waiver of conflicts of interest? (3) Does a conflict of interest that undisputedly caused no damage to the client and did not affect the value or quality of an attorney's work automatically (i) require the attorney to disgorge all previously paid fees, and (ii) preclude the attorney from recovering the reasonable value of the unpaid work?
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SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON
v.
J-M MANUFACTURING
No. S232946
C.A. 2nd, Div. 4, No. B256314
California Supreme Court
Filed April 27, 2016
Petition for review granted
Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice
Werdegar, Associate Justice
Chin, Associate Justice
Corrigan, Associate Justice
Liu, Associate Justice
Cuéllar, Associate Justice
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