Kirkland Should Be DQed Over Conflicts, Says IP Theft Plaintiff

Kirkland & Ellis should be tossed from representing large medical health records company Commure in a lawsuit because the firm learned sensitive information from a competitor that later sued, lawyers told a federal judge.

San Diego-based electronic health records company Adaptamed last month sued Commure Inc., alleging in the US District Court for the Southern District of California it stole trade secrets to develop a competing product.

Now, Adaptamed’s lawyers want Kirkland removed from representing Commure, saying they failed to conduct a conflict check before obtaining sensitive information from a meeting with Adaptamed’s chief operating officer, Sirisha Marcoux.

A lawyer ...