Masimo Fails to Disqualify Law Firm on Ousted Founder’s Team (1)

Hueston Hennigan LLP may continue representing the ousted founder of Masimo Corp. in a lawsuit brought by the medical equipment company over the terms of his employment agreement, a Delaware judge ruled Tuesday.

Vice Chancellor Nathan A. Cook left room, however, for Masimo to potentially renew its motion to disqualify the law firm in a bench ruling that highlighted the stringent standards Delaware’s highest court set for such actions at the trial-court level.

Motions to disqualify counsel are “disfavored” due to concerns they are tactically motivated, he said. The Delaware Supreme Court has instructed that “absent some serious showing of ...