Document Type
Article
Repository Date
1979
Keywords
Disqualification of Counsel, Chinese Wall argument, Legal ethics, Westinghouse v. Rio Algom, Westinghouse v. Getty, Westinghouse v. Kerr-McGee, Kirkland & Ellis
Subject Categories
Jurisdiction | Jurisprudence | Law | Law and Politics | Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility | Legal History
Abstract
The motion to disqualify counsel is becoming increasingly important in pre-trial strategy. Discusses one case arising out of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's alleged breach of longterm uranium supply contracts, in which a disqualification motion was sustained against Westinghouse's counsel, Kirkland & Ellis.
Repository Citation
D'Amato, Anthony, "Disqualification of Counsel: The Westinghouse Litigation" (1979). Faculty Working Papers. 130.
https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/facultyworkingpapers/130
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