Legal Opinion
Lemelson v. Synergistics Research Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 8, 1981No. 78 Civ. 4335 (PNL)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LEVAL, District Judge.
Plaintiff moves to disqualify defendants’ counsel Victor Wigman contending that during a prior representation of plaintiff Wigman had access to confidential information relevant to this litigation; that Wig-man will be or ought to be called as a witness at trial; and that counsel’s obligation to avoid even the appearance of impropriety requires disqualification.
Defendants maintain that continued representation is proper and any disqualification would result in considerable hardship in light of counsel’s long-term involvement on defendants’ behalf in…
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