Ex-Faegre Attorney’s Past Work for Biomet Not Disqualifying

An attorney formerly employed as a litigation associate at the law firm that represents defendant Biomet Inc. in hip implant products liability litigation can continue working for the plaintiffs in that case because her work at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP wasn’t substantially related to it, a federal court in Missouri said.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri explained its reasons for denying Biomet’s motion to disqualify Jaclyn Thompson from representing a husband and wife who alleged its M2a Magnum metal-on-metal hip implant was defectively designed.

Biomet’s motion came shortly before the trial’s Oct. 5 ...