Vanessa Blum writes for The Recorder, an American Lawyer affiliate.

Earlier this month Apple Inc. filed an astonishing motion to disqualify opposing counsel in a patent suit pending in San Francisco federal district court. The tech giant accused a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, one of Apple’s longtime go-to law firms, of secretly orchestrating legal strategy and advising plaintiffs counsel even as he had access to reams of confidential Apple materials.

This week, lawyers for Philadelphia-based patent holder FlatWorld Interactives got to have their say, firing back at Apple for attempting to derail the litigation based on what they describe as "a narrative laced with innuendo."

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