Recently, a California federal judge has handed down a judgment disqualifying an ex-Perkins Coie LLP attorney, from assisting in a patent infringement case against Pacific Biosciences of California Inc., a renowned biotechnology company. The attorney in question is currently functioning as an in-house counsel at Pacific Biosciences. Despite the aforementioned sanction, the judge has decided against disqualifying the entire in-house legal counsel at Pacific Biosciences as originally requested.
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