California Court of Appeal July 27, 2010, B220034 (GREAT LAKES CONSTRUCTION, INC. v. Burman)

Opinion

ALDRICH, J.

INTRODUCTION

Attorneys who jointly represent clients in the same action owe a duty of undivided loyalty to each of their clients and are subject to disqualification if an unwaivable conflict exists arising from the joint representation. We address whether a nonclient may enforce this duty of loyalty and move to disqualify opposing counsel.