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Litigation

Jul. 21, 2015

Judge mulls removing Skadden from defending CEO in insider-trading case

U.S. District Judge Andrew Guilford questions how a major firm could misplace witness notes and whether a serious conflict of interest exists.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - How could a very large law firm misplace notes of a partner's interviews
with an important client and a key witness? How could it be confused about when it
began representing a corporate executive in addition to his company?


That's what U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford wondered Friday during a he...

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