Litigation
Feb. 19, 2015
Los Angeles federal judge disqualifies firm from major case over conflict
A conflict of interest disqualifies Squire Patton Boggs LLP from representing the sugar industry in a case in which the firm has already worked more than 20,000 hours and billed clients more than $12 million, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A conflict of interest disqualifies Squire Patton Boggs LLP from representing the sugar industry in a case in which the firm has already worked more than 20,000 hours and billed its clients more than $12 million, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
The problem arose because law firms Squire, Sanders & Dempsey and Patton Boggs LLP represented adverse clients in a case pitting titans of the sugar ind...
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