Former Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan London partner Marc Becker could be set for a return to the firm after a US judge dismissed a motion filed by Bank of America (BoA) to disqualify the firm from a multibillion-dollar litigation case.

The US firm is now set to ask BoA to consent to Becker’s return, after he was asked to leave in October as a result of a conflict issue relating to a minor role he took on Quinn Emanuel’s work for AIG in a $10bn (£6.3bn) securities litigation case against BoA.