Uniweld Products, Inc., David S. Pearl and Ephraim Werner v. Union Carbide Corporation

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial by the trial court of a motion entered by the appellants here, the defendants in a suit in the Southern District of Florida, to disqualify a law firm of Miami, Florida, from representing the plaintiff on the ground that such representation offends the ethical standards set out in Canons 6 and 37, of the Canons of Professional Ethics. 1

The underlying action here is a suit for trademark infringement and unfair competition brought by Union Carbide v. Uniweld Products, Inc., and its president, David S. Pearl. The claimed…