Acacia Patent Acquisition v. Super. Ct.
Annotate this CasePetitioners sought the disqualification of the law firm of AlvaradoSmith, which: (1) previously represented another law firm in an attorney fee dispute; and (2) in this case, represented an expert seeking consulting fees arising out of the same underlying litigation as the attorney fee dispute. The Court of Appeal issued a stay order and order to show cause, and later concluded that due to AlvaradoSmith's wide-ranging access to privileged information in the first representation and the substantial relationship between the two matters required the firm to be disqualified.
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