Meek

Hawaii Management Alliance Ass'n v. Meek

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155 F. App'x 978
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 1, 2005No. 04-15113, 04-17038; D.C. No. CV-02-01363-SICalifornia596 words

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MEMORANDUM **

Hawaii Management Alliance Associa *979 tion; AB & Associates, Inc.; Hawaii Western Management Group, Inc.; Baptiste Insurance Group, Inc.; and Hawaii Management Alliance Benefits and Services, Inc., a group of insurance companies doing business in Hawaii (collectively “Brokers”), appeal the district court’s (1) grant of summary judgment; (2) denial of the Brokers’ Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(f) motion; and (3) denial of relief from judgment under Fed R. Civ. P. 60(b)(2). We affirm. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of this case, we will not recount it here.

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The district court properly granted summary judgment against the Brokers. The Brokers seek to enjoin Meek from using confidential knowledge he allegedly obtained as the Brokers’ general counsel for the benefit of competitors in the Hawaii insurance market. The Brokers rely on Hawaii Rule of Professional Conduct 1.9(a), which provides in relevant part that, “[a] lawyer who has formerly represented a client in a matter shall not thereafter represent another person in the same or a substantially related matter in which that person’s interests are materially adverse to the interests of…

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