Mealey's (April 18, 2022, 10:07 AM EDT) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A federal judge in Michigan on April 15 denied a motion to disqualify a plaintiff attorney in the Flint water crisis litigation, ruling that although it is likely that the attorney violated relevant ethical rules, the conflict of interest generated by his representation of plaintiffs who objected to the partial settlement in the litigation was “short-lived” and did not ultimately affect any of his other clients....