Counsel are disqualified based on attorney's prior representation

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Morris James LLP

Apeldyn Corporation v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD., Civ. No. 08-568-SLR, September 30, 2009.

Robinson, J.  Defendants’ motion to disqualify plaintiff’s counsel is granted.

Defendants moved to disqualify plaintiff’s attorneys R. Tyler Goodwyn IV and McKenna Long & Aldridge.  Goodwyn joined MLA in 2006.  Prior to that time he was a partner at Morgan Lewis, which firm began representing Samsung in 2001 in litigation relating to dynamic random access memory chips.  Goodwyn was actively involved in that litigation.  MLA concluded there was no reason to prevent Goodwyn from working on the case at bar because the DRAM chips and liquid crystal technologies were unrelated.  After an evidentiary hearing on July 30, 2009, the Court concludes there is a substantial relationship between the subject matter of the two lawsuits and grants the motion to disqualify.
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