The defendants brought a motion to remove the plaintiff's law firm due to a conflict of interest.
A partner at the firm had acted for one of the defendants in two unrelated mortgage transactions, receiving confidential financial information, while the firm was concurrently representing the plaintiff in an action against that defendant.
The court applied the bright line rule against concurrent representation of adverse interests and found that the firm failed to conduct a proper conflicts check.
The motion was granted and the law firm was disqualified from representing the plaintiff.
