WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. G021600.

60 Cal.App.4th 1471 (1998)

WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; AMSTRAD PLC, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

January 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Irell & Manella, Gregory R. Smith, Scott D. Baskin and Elizabeth K. Penfil for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Mayer, Brown & Platt, Neil M. Soltman, Michael F. Kerr and John Nadolenco for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

SILLS, P.J.

Western Digital Corporation seeks extraordinary relief from an order disqualifying its counsel and a key expert witness for a conflict of interest. The trial court found that Western Digital's adversary in this litigation had disclosed confidential information about the lawsuit to members of a consulting firm it had interviewed but did not retain as expert witnesses. Following that disclosure of confidences, a...

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