Legal Opinion
Silicon Graphics, Inc. v. ATI Technologies, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided October 5, 2010No. 06-cv-611-bbcPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
BARBARA B. CRABB, District Judge.
Plaintiff Silicon Graphics, Inc. has filed a motion to disqualify law firm Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP from representing defendants ATI Technologies, Inc., ATI Technologies, ULC and Advanced Microdevices, Inc. in this case. Dkt. # 633. The question is whether disqualification is required because a lawyer who performed work for plaintiff on this case in 2006 and 2007 now works for Robins Kaplan. The motion is ready for decision.
This case has a long and contentious history, which I will summarize briefly for context. Plaintiff filed the…
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