Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. v. Tracinda Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that disqualification is appropriate where counsel’s employment is adverse to the client or former client, even though the prior client is not a party to the litigation
• “Where the duty of loyalty applies, it requires a per se, or automatic disqualification, in all but a few instances.”
• “Where the duty of loyalty applies, it requires a per se, or automatic disqualification, in all but a few instances.”

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