California Court of Appeal

NEAL v. HEALTH NET, INC., B153290

When a lawyer representing a plaintiff is subsequently retained by a former legal secretary for the defendant in the same litigation, there is no presumption that the new client is in possession of confidential information; if confidential information is exposed, disqualification of the attorney is not a proper remedy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/30/2002
• Published 07/30/2002

Judges

• TURNER, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Michael S. Traylor, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt, Wendy Moss, Dawn Cushman, and Christine T. Hoeffner, Sherman Oaks, for Defendants and Respondents.