Bloomberg Law
May 25, 2018, 6:38 PM UTC

Firm Booted For Reading ‘Burn Files’ Client Kept After Fired

Mindy Rattan
Mindy Rattan
Reporter

A law firm is out of a case because it didn’t tell a pharmaceutical company defendant that the firm possessed confidential privileged information that its whistleblower client kept copies of after he was fired, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, ruled May 23 in an unpublished opinion.

Courts may be left with little choice but to disqualify counsel that has information he shouldn’t—even if the lawyer himself didn’t illegally obtain it.

Chief Quality Regulatory and Compliance Officer Oscar Sanchez sued his former employer, German pharmaceutical company Maquet Getinge Group, alleging wrongful termination in response to his whistleblowing activities. ...

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