Before the dismissal request, court documents show that Apple had sought the recusal of Judge Sunil Kulkarni. On March 28th, Kulkarni filed a brief disclosing that he had worked at Morrison and Foerster for approximately 13 years and had kept in contact “over the years” with Bryan Wilson and Ken Kuwayti, the two “MoFo” attorneys Apple hired on as counsel earlier in the month. Kulkarni held an “informal” meeting with the two sides where he said he was “leaning toward recusal” if Apple retained the counsel of either Wilson or Kuwayti. Williams and his legal team came out strongly against the idea of Kulkarni removing himself from the case, arguing that Apple had introduced a potential conflict of interest.
