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A Marsden motion is the only means by which a criminal defendant can fire a court-appointed attorney or communicate directly with a judge in a California state court. [1] It is based on a defendant's claim that the attorney is providing ineffective assistance or has a conflict with the defendant.
[141] [142] In 2013, Yelp sued a lawyer it alleged was part of a group of law firms that exchanged Yelp reviews, saying that many of the firm's reviews originated from their own office. The lawyer said Yelp was trying to get revenge for his legal disputes and activism against Yelp. [ 134 ]
Forum non conveniens (Latin for "an inconvenient forum" [1] [2] [3]) (FNC) is a mostly common law legal doctrine through which a court acknowledges that another forum or court where the case might have been brought is a more appropriate venue for a legal case, and dismisses the case.
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For example, in 1990, U.S. Attorney General Richard Thornburgh recused himself from an investigation due to his connection with a subject involved in the case. [33] On March 2, 2017, Jeff Sessions , Attorney General of the U.S. , recused himself while the department investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election due to concerns over his ...
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Kowalski family attorneys Nick Whitney, far right, and Greg Anderson, center, confer following a sidebar during proceedings at the South County Courthouse in Venice, FL on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.
As stated in Brewer v.Williams, 430 U.S. 387 (1977), the right to counsel "means at least that a person is entitled to the help of a lawyer at or after the time that judicial proceedings have been initiated against him, 'whether by way of formal charge, preliminary hearing, indictment, information, or arraignment. ' " [2] Brewer goes on to conclude that once adversarial proceedings have begun ...