Bank of America (BoA) has filed a motion to disqualify US law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan from representing AIG in a $10bn (£6.3bn) securities litigation case, reports The Am Law Litigation Daily. The bank argues that Quinn Emanuel is conflicted because Marc Becker, a London partner the firm recruited in 2009, had previously represented Merrill Lynch and a subsidiary as a partner at Munger Tolles & Olson, BoA's lawyers. Becker joined Quinn Emanuel's London office shortly after it opened for business in in the City in October 2008.
October 19, 2011 at 11:12 AM
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Bank of America (BoA) has filed a motion to disqualify US law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan from representing AIG in a $10bn (£6.3bn) securities litigation case, reports The Am Law Litigation Daily.
The bank argues that Quinn Emanuel is conflicted because Marc Becker, a London partner the firm recruited in 2009, had previously represented Merrill Lynch and a subsidiary as a partner at Munger Tolles & Olson, BoA’s lawyers.
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