APPLE COMPUTER, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B177857.

24 Cal.Rptr.3d 818 (2005)

126 Cal.App.4th 1253

APPLE COMPUTER, INC., Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Lawrence R. Cagney, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

February 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pillsbury Winthrop, Richard S. Ruben, Costa Mesa, Richard E. Nielsen, Kevin M. Fong, San Francisco, and Todd G. Friedland, Costa Mesa, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Law Offices of Allan A. Sigel, Allan A. Sigel and Christine C. Choi, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest.


MALLANO, J.

Plaintiff, an attorney, is the named plaintiff in this class action suit. He was represented by the law firm where he works and by a second firm that serves as cocounsel with his firm in other cases. Defendant moved to disqualify both firms based on a conflict of interest: As the class representative, plaintiff is obligated to seek the maximum recovery for the putative class, but plaintiff and the firms...

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