What is the test for disqualifying an attorney?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cordier v. Holder, B244150 (Cal. App. 2014):
In cases of successive representation of clients with adverse interests, a former client who wishes to disqualify an attorney must show that the subjects of the successive representations are substantially related. (City and County of San Francisco v. Cobra Solutions, Inc. (2006) 38 Cal.4th 839, 847.) "To determine whether there is a substantial
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