SAN FRANCISCO — Plaintiffs lawyers handling privacy cases might work on cutting-edge legal issues, but that doesn’t prevent them from breaking into old-fashioned lead counsel fights.

Four groups of plaintiffs firms are set to convene in U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte’s San Jose courtroom Friday morning to vie for the lead counsel spot in privacy litigation against laptop maker Lenovo Group Ltd. and adware company Superfish Inc. In their briefs, the plaintiffs groups have taken aim at each others’ motives, tactics and qualifications almost as aggressively as they’ve targeted the defendants.

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