Pang v. International Document Services’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “(1) whether the policy at issue is reflected in authoritative sources of state public policy [such as legislative enactments, constitutional standards, or judicial decisions], (2) whether the policy affects the public generally as opposed to the private interests of the employee and employer, and (3) whether countervailing policies outweigh the policy at issue.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 635 F. App'x 509 - Hogan v. Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency

2. “On appeal from a motion to dismiss, we must accept the factual allegations in the complaint as true and view all reasonable inferences from them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2019 UT App 31 - State v. Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.

3. “[a] client has a right to discharge a lawyer at any time, with or without cause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fehr v. Stockton