After some 350 docket entries, a firm that was representing certain opt-out plaintiffs in the DRAM antitrust case was disqualified in Unisys Corp. v. Hynix Semiconductor, Inc., 3:06-CV-2915 (N.D. Cal. 12/18/2008). The D.C. firm had merged in a California firm in Oct. 2008, which brought in as a partner an attorney who had represented an ...

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Claims for alleged breach of fiduciary duty proceeded past summary judgment motions in Vaxiion Therapeutics v. Foley & Lardner, 3-07-CV-280 (S.D. Cal., Dec. 4, 2008).  A subject-matter conflict, or technology conflict, was alleged based on patent attorneys in the firm’s San Diego and D.C. offices filing applications for separate companies, both claiming “minicell” technologies.  The [...]

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