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The headline surely was not what Team Sandoval wanted to see: "Nevada GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval is popular, but not within his party" I thought the L.A. Times story itself was pretty good for Sandoval. Mark Barabak did a great job of capturing the governor's deliberative, careful and moderate style while finding only taxaphobic Grover Norquist and a Nevada-based Norquistian who despises the governor to criticize him. The headline referred to national Republicans, who may not want Sandoval on a...
RJ columnist Steve Sebelius was first to give this bizarre column more widespread currency. State Bar boss Alan Lefebvre essentially argues that AG Catherine Cortez Masto should have contineud to defend the gay marriage ban, and then concluded: "I know one thing for certain; when this is all over, somebody in the federal government owes an apology to the State of Deseret.” What? I'm not the only one befuddled. As you can see from the attached documents, at least one lawyer eviscerated the...
UPDATE, 9:15 AM, 5/15/14: A state Bar official informs me that the Rule 1.8 (i) of the Rules of Professional Conduct may come into play here: 1.8 (i) A lawyer shall not acquire a proprietary interest in the cause of action or subject matter of litigation the lawyer is conducting for a client, except that the lawyer may:              (1) Acquire a lien authorized by law to secure the lawyer’s fee or expenses; and              (2) Contract with a client for a reasonable contingent fee in a civil...
UPDATED WITH VIDEO VERSION BELOW   Maybe it’s frontrunner, gubernatorial anointee arrogance. Maybe it’s polling that shows him well ahead. Maybe he doesn’t know what his own law firm does. But state Sen. Mark Hutchison’s sprint away from the “personal injury lawyer” label was at first comical, but now borders on the pathological. Ordinarily, I would chuckle at this kind of gaffe. But because Hutchison has insisted on dissembling about this area of his practice, which his partner boasts about on...

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