I think that is too broad a brush. Not sure they can be conflated. The Texas case was about preventing the lenders from getting their shares from the transfer agent. Whether the Gates lawyers screwed up by taking on the lenders as clients in Texas didn't matter, QMC won. The shares are still held by Empire.
Minns is fishing and hoping to get a linkage for a settlement. The Kansas case is a breach of contract and based on the files on the law Insider website, K&L Gate were involved with Lincoln Park, not SBI and L2. It doesn't appear the promissory notes and contract were signed under K&L Gates' supervision. Regardless, Squires signs off on the deal. Hard to make a case that the devil made him do it. Especially when he signed it using a different lawyer.
Here's the petition if you want to read one side's version. Interesting tidbit- "...the lawyers claimed K&L Gates had an infallible conflicts check system..." We shall see.
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