NexGen Energy Partners, L.L.C. v. Reflecting Blue Technologies, Inc.

{¶ 1} Appellants, NexGen Energy Partners, LLC and Conneaut Schools Wind, LLC, appeal from the July 28, 2016 judgment of the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, granting appellees', Reflecting Blue Technologies, Inc., Elecon Engineering Co., Ltd., Brian Larson, and Venkata Adusumilli, motion to disqualify appellants' counsel, the law firm of Sutter O'Connell Co. 1 At issue is whether a law firm can avoid a conflict of interest by screening an attorney in its firm who switched sides after having substantial responsibility for representing an adverse party in the same action. For the reasons…