Attorney at Work
APRIL 4, 2022
The Missouri Supreme Court emphasized this point in its landmark case In the Matter of Cupples. For example, you should not urge them to pack up their business; rather, you should let diligence in their matters steer your willingness and ability to continue providing legal services in their direction. Again, see ABA Formal Op.
LawSites
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Yet it happened again this week — and it happened not once, but in two separate cases, one in Missouri and the other in Massachusetts. In fairness, the Missouri case involved a pro se litigant, not a lawyer, but that pro se litigant claimed to have gotten the citations from a lawyer he hired through the internet.
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Patently O
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
If the discovery rule is upheld, the Court may also delineate its contours around due diligence and the copyright holder’s duty to search for infringement — providing guidance on when the copyright owner “should have known” about the infringement.
MyCase
AUGUST 26, 2022
For example, the rules of professional conduct for the Missouri Bar and Judiciary rule 1.4 of the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct states that “A lawyer shall act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client.” Check your local state bar rulings on this matter.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Given that Buzbee’s team ran a background check on and did several interviews with the anonymous woman who eventually dropped the suit against Jay-Z and Diddy, it does look like they did their due diligence of asking questions and sussing out the strength of the case before making the allegations public. Louis School of Law.
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
The court also denied review in a case in which the Missouri Department of Corrections claimed it had been deprived of a fair trial in an employment discrimination case because the judge struck potential jurors who had religious objections to homosexuality. We should know more soon. Tune in next week when I’m proven wrong. Until next time!
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 13, 2021
Among other things, AEDPA precludes a federal court reviewing a conviction on habeas from considering evidence outside the state-court record if a prisoner or his attorney failed to diligently develop the claim’s factual basis in state court, subject to exceptions not relevant here. Louis, Missouri , 20-391. Louis, Missouri , 20-391.
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