California Court of Appeal

In a suit brought by a minority shareholder in a company against the majority shareholder, asserting direct and derivative claims arising from a dispute over management of the company and its assets, the trial court's grant of plaintiff's motion to disqualify counsel from representing any of the defendants is: 1) affirmed as to representation of the company; but 2) reversed as to counsel's representation of the majority shareholder where the trial court erred in focusing on counsel's duty of loyalty, not their continuing duty of confidentiality.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/03/14

Judges

• HALLER

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel