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By Professor Nancy Rapoport

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Now that we’re all back to work after a great set of holidays, it’s time for a cautionary tale about making sure that you know (and follow) the local rules. (Yes, I should have waited for a scary tale until right before Halloween, but this case just came out, and you should know about it.)

Hot off the Ninth Circuit BAP’s presses, the unpublished decision of Blade Energy Pty Ltd. v. Rodriguez (In re Rodriguez), BAP No. CC-13-1256-DKiTa (Dec. 19, 2013), involves a lawyer who filed . . .

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