Civil Procedure
Apr. 22, 2026
Judge questions privilege claim in disqualification fight
Judge questions whether allegedly privileged emails lost protection, as disqualification bid collides with waiver issues in a $16 million trade secrets fight involving claims of coercion and business interference.
Santa Ana -- A federal judge signaled skepticism Tuesday toward a defense bid to disqualify opposing counsel in a multimillion-dollar trade secrets dispute, questioning whether the alleged ethical breach outweighed evidence that the defendant's emails lost privileged status.
U.S. District Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani took under submission a motion by former First Capitol vice president Gregg Kasubuchi and his company, State Tax Credits LLC, to disqualify LTL Attorneys LLP aft...
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