Legal Opinion
Thomson U.S. Inc. v. Gosnell
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 14, 1991PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*250OPINION OF THE COURT
David B. Saxe, J.
The court here addresses the plaintiffs’ application to disqualify the law firm of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle (Nixon, Hargrave) from representing defendant Thomas H. Gosnell (Gosnell) in this action.*
This action stems from the acquisition by merger of the Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (LCP) by plaintiff Thomson U.S. Inc. (Thomson). The merger was accomplished by Thomson’s creation of a wholly owned subsidiary corporation, known as ITI (LCP) Inc., which then was merged with LCP, with LCP designated as the surviving corporation, owing to the…
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