CIBA-GEIGY CORP. v. ALZA CORP.

Civ. A. No. 91-5286.

795 F.Supp. 711 (1992)

CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. ALZA CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

June 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Fettweis, Sills Cummis Zuckerman Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross, Newark, N.J., and Hugh A. Chapin, Kenyon & Kenyon, New York City, for plaintiff.

George J. Kenny, Connell, Foley & Geiser, Roseland, N.J., and Thomas V. Heyman, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York City, for defendants.


OPINION

WOLIN, District Judge.

Before the Court is the motion by defendants, Alza Corporation ("Alza") and Marion Merrell Dow ("Marion") (collectively "defendants"), to disqualify plaintiff's counsel, pursuant to New Jersey Rules of Professional Conduct ("R.P.C.") 1.9(a)(1), 1.9(a)(2) or 1.9(b). For the reasons expressed below, this Court will deny defendants' motion.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff, Ciba-Geigy Corporation ("Ciba-Geigy"), who is...

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