On July 26, in Altova GmbH v. Syncro Soft SRL, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts held that Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP (“Sunstein”) violated its duty of loyalty to Syncro Soft (“Syncro”) by dropping Syncro in favor of its more profitable client, Altova, in Altova’s patent infringement action against Syncro. Judge Pattis Saris granted Syncro’s motion to disqualify Sunstein. Picking