Malan v. Katto CA4/1
A lender sued to foreclose on a property over which Wafa Katto and Ninus Malan disputed each other’s ownership interest and entitlement to collect rents. Katto and Malan filed cross-complaints against each other seeking (among other things) to quiet title and obtain an accounting of the other’s finances. Malan moved to disqualify Katto’s trial counsel, Douglas Jaffe, on the basis Jaffe had previously represented Malan (individually and through a company Malan claimed to own) in several prior lawsuits and acquired confidential information about Malan’s finances and litigation philosophy. The trial court granted Malan’s motion.
Katto contends the trial court erred by granting Malan’s disqualification motion because there is not a substantial relationship between the matters in which Jaffe previously represented Malan and the present action. We disagree.
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