In SentinelC3, Inc. v. Hunt (No. 89317-9), the Washington Supreme Court unanimously held that a dissenting shareholder’s belief that the non-dissenting shareholders “concocted a plan” to force him out of the corporation and artificially diminish the value of his shares did not create a genuine issue of material fact precluding entry of summary judgment on the value of his shares, nor did counsel’s affidavit attaching “a true and accurate copy” of a valuation expert’s report do so.
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“A Crock” of a Trial: Counsels’ Inability to Control Their Behavior Warrants a New Trial
In State v. Lindsay (No. 88437-4), the Washington Supreme Court unanimously held that a new trial was the appropriate remedy for a “trial plagued by misconduct.”
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Stranger Than Fiction: Attorney Who Formed A Business Named, Of All Things, “RPC LLC” Is (Unsurprisingly) Disbarred For Repeatedly Violating The RPCs
The Washington Supreme Court unanimously held in In re Disciplinary Proceeding Against Robert B. Jackson (No. 201,017-2) that substantial evidence supported the hearing officer’s findings that Robert Jackson engaged in fraud, deceit, conflicts of interest, and other serious ethics violations and that disbarment was the appropriate sanction.
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