The defendants brought a motion to disqualify the plaintiffs' counsel and their law firm on the basis of a conflict of interest.
The defendant, Marc Lewis, had previously retained the same law firm for an employment matter with a former employer.
The court applied the MacDonald Estate test and found that the previous retainer was not sufficiently related to the current malfeasance action, and no relevant confidential information was imparted.
Furthermore, the law firm had implemented an ethical wall.
The motion to disqualify counsel was dismissed.