You can't read the article without an online subscription, but tomorrow's Recorder will feature this article:
Kathleen Sullivan, who failed the California State Bar last year, has been denied a request to appear pro hac vice for Genentech Inc. in a case involving a $500 million judgment against the company.
My earlier post about former Stanford Dean Sullivan failing the bar is here. Details of her most recent failure to gain permission to appear pro hac vice are here (but only if you are an online subscriber). This is kind of surprising, because requests to appear pro hac vice (which are governed by Cal. Rules of Court, Rule 983) are routinely granted.
UPDATE: Quoting from the text of the article:
Dennis Maio, counsel in Reed Smith's San Francisco office and a former Supreme Court research attorney, suggested a less personal reason for the court's decision.
"There is a simple answer," he said. "The rule doesn't provide for it. If you're a lawyer resident in California, you can't be admitted pro hac vice. It's simply the rule itself. It's pretty clear."
Well, I guess that explains it.