UMG Recordings, Inc. v. MySpace, Inc.

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISQUALIFY O’MELVENY & MYERS, LLP

A. HOWARD MATZ, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The tale that follows reveals quite a lot about how law is practiced at certain levels of the legal profession. It reflects the pitfalls that large firms representing pow erful clients in high stakes disputes often encounter in complying with ethical and professional requirements that were promulgated in a different era.

Several years ago, what has been described as the largest music recording and distribution company in the United States became embroiled in highly publicized copyright…