Petitioner foreign parent corporation sought a writ of mandate seeking to enforce an alternative writ previously entered by the court, which required respondent Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco (California) to vacate its order denying petitioner's motion to quash service of summons in a lawsuit filed by plaintiff former employee, a real party in interest, for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Plaintiff’s former employer, a real party in interest, sued the petitioner…

Appellant challenged the decision of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County (California), which granted the respondent's motion to disqualify appellant's attorney based on an alleged conflict of interest because of the attorney's prior joint representation of both appellant and respondent.

After the trial court corporate law firm granted respondent's motion to disqualify, appellant challenged the decision. The court reversed holding that respondent had previously consented to the…