Seaton: Judge Properly Denied Admission of Crowell & Moring

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Seaton Insurance Co. asserts that a Rhode Island federal magistrate judge properly barred the law firm of Crowell & Moring from representing Illinois Union Insurance Co. in a $3.1 million reinsurance dispute. Seaton Insurance Co. v. Illinois Union Insurance Co., No. CA 07-332 (D. R.I.).

In a July 31 brief, Seaton opposes Illinois Union's appeal of an order by Magistrate Judge David L. Martin of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The magistrate determined that Crowell Moring's representation creates a conflict of interest and that Seaton did not waive the conflict of interest.