Legal Opinion
Castaneda v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 24, 2015No. B259950PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RUBIN, Acting P. J.—
INTRODUCTION
In Cho v. Superior Court (1995) 39 Cal.App.4th 113 [45 Cal.Rptr.2d 863] (Cho), the Court of Appeal held that when a judicial officer receives confidential information from a party while presiding over a settlement conference, and the judicial officer subsequently joins a law firm, that law firm may not represent an opposing party in the same action, regardless whether the law firm establishes screening procedures to prevent the former judicial officer from having any involvement with the case. As the court explained: “No amount of assurances or screening…
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