03/31/2005
California Court Refuses to Allow Lawyer to Serve as Class Counsel and Named Plaintiff
Apple Computer, Inc. v. Superior Court, 24 Cal Rptr 3d 818, 2005 WL 406317 (2005)

Brief Summary

This case brings California law into line with the majority rule that a disqualifying conflict exists when a single law firm wishes to be class counsel and have one of its lawyers be a named class representative. Put another way, there must at lease be reasonably independent plaintiffs who can rein in class counsel for the benefit of the class.
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