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26-0152·Mandamus

IN RE KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP, BARRETT HOWELL, AND RYAN MEYER

professional liability civil procedure

Does attorney immunity shield lawyers who coordinated a joint defense with a co-investigation-target's separate counsel, from suit by that co-target?
Does entering a joint defense agreement create a fiduciary duty running to the other side's clients regardless of immunity?

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26-0242·Mandamus

IN RE JAY W. COLVIN III

trusts and estates professional liability civil procedure

Is a third-party subpoena for 40-plus years of a non-party's financial and tax records enforceable without a proportionality/undue-burden analysis?
Does the parties' prior settlement release bar this later discovery?

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