Dallas' 5th Court of Appeals has upheld a trial court ruling that disqualified Bickel & Brewer from representing a client in a business dispute. The justices concluded that the law firm could not "rebut the presumption" that a former employee of the opposing party shared privileged documents with Bickel & Brewer.
June 17, 2013 at 12:00 AM
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Dallas’ 5th Court of Appeals has upheld a trial court ruling that disqualified Bickel & Brewer from representing a client in a business dispute. The justices concluded that the law firm could not "rebut the presumption" that a former employee of the opposing party shared privileged documents with Bickel & Brewer.
The background to the 5th Court’s June 5 decision In Re RSR Corp. and Quemetco Metals Limited Inc. is as follows.
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