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Alleged Ethical Conflict Bars Chicago Law Firm from Continuing to Defend First American Title.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, counsel for both sides in four class action lawsuits received a sealed ruling from Los Angeles Superior Court judge Anthony J. Mohr, of the complex litigation panel. According to an unsealed minute order issued by Judge Mohr earlier in the week, the sealed ruling received today grants plaintiffs' motions, brought in all four class actions, to disqualify the international law firm of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, and all of the firm's attorneys, from continuing to represent the defendants - First American Title Insurance Company and related entities.
First American Title traces its history to 1889 and is one of the world's largest title insurance companies. Its parent is First American Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Sonnenschein law firm, founded more than a century ago, is one of the largest full service law firms in the U.S., with 800 lawyers in 13 offices in the U.S. and Europe, and has a "global reach throughout the Americas, Asia and the Middle East," according to its web site. The firm "serves the needs of many of the world's best known and most admired businesses," according to its web site.
The are four California class actions against First American in which First American's counsel were disqualified:
1. Jeffrey Sjobring v. First American Title, et al, LASC Case No. BC329482 2. Elizabeth Wilmot , Jason Munro...
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