K&L Gates Loses Dismissal Appeal in Conflict Case

March 23, 2020, 6:50 PM UTC

K&L Gates has again suffered a loss in its effort to quash a Texas lawsuit alleging it engaged in conflicts of interest, including violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

A three-judge panel with the Texas Court of Appeals in Austin ruled unanimously on March 20 against a motion to dismiss filed by the firm.

In the underlying suit, a Texas semiconductor company, Quantum Materials Corp., claimed the law firm represented lenders in a legal action against Quantum while also representing Quantum.

Quantum retained K&L Gates in 2016 as corporate counsel—yet although they stopped sending work to the firm, the ...

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