A lawyer's attempt to disqualify his former associate from representing one of the firm's former clients has been rejected by a Southern District of New York magistrate judge.
In King v. Fox, 97 Civ. 4134, Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV said John Howard did not owe a fiduciary duty of confidentiality to his former employer, W. Robert Curtis.
I think the citation to King v. Fox above is a mistake and is supposed to be to King v. Curtis instead. If you read the confusing and bizarre facts of this case, you'll understand why one could make such a mistake. Details here from Law.com.