A state trial judge has disqualified Dallas-based Bickel & Brewer from representing a plaintiff in a high-stakes lawsuit over mining technology. 

Texas State Civil District Court Judge Carlos Cortez of Dallas on November 28 found that Bickel & Brewer, while representing plaintiff RSR Corp., obtained confidential information about the defendant, Chilean-based Inppamet Ltd., through the law firm’s relationship with its co-counsel in Chile.