Klein v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County

[198 CalApp3d Page 897] We consolidate these related petitions for writs of mandate which raise three questions: first, should the trial court have granted defendants' motion for a stay on the ground of forum non conveniens (Code Civ. Proc., ? 410.30) because of an earlier filed pending action in Switzerland; second, should defendants' motion to recuse plaintiffs' counsel have been granted because a member of that law firm formerly represented defendant Arturo Klein; third, did the trial court err in ordering lis pendens notices on defendant Arturo Klein's property reinstated as a sanction for his assertion of Fifth Amendment privilege in refusing to answer discovery questions?