Legal Opinion
W. Dig. Corp. v. Superior Court of Orange Cty.
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 23, 1998No. G021600PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SILLS, P. J.
Western Digital Corporation seeks extraordinary relief from an order disqualifying its counsel and a key expert witness for a conflict of interest. The trial court found that Western Digital’s adversary in this litigation had disclosed confidential information about the lawsuit to members of a consulting firm it had interviewed but did not retain as expert witnesses. Following that disclosure of confidences, a new member joined the consulting firm and was later hired by Western Digital as an expert in this litigation. Applying Shadow Traffic Network v. Superior Court (1994)…
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