Cooley Hid Conflict While Helping Launch Company, Suit Says

By Aaron Leibowitz ( July 2, 2019, 8:31 PM EDT) -- Attorneys for Cooley LLP failed to tell a New Jersey chemist that the firm had previously worked with his partner, then represented the partner's interests at the expense of the chemist's while they launched a new company, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Massachusetts state court.  . . .

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