Advanced Messaging Technologies, Inc. v. Easylink Services International Corp.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO DISQUALIFY COUNSEL PERKINS COIE AND TO COMPEL DISCOVERY

DEAN D. PREGERSON, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiff j2 Global Communications, Inc. has filed a Motion to Disqualify Counsel Perkins Coie and to Compel Discovery (“Motion”) in three patent infringement cases (“the Three Current Cases”) pending before this court. (Dkt. No. 77.)1 Plaintiff Advanced Messaging Technologies, Inc. is a co-Plaintiff and co-movant in two of the cases (9-4150 and 11-4239) (Plaintiffs are collectively called “j2”). In each case, one or more of…