A judge has sanctioned Paul Weiss and Lowenstein Sandler for pursuing a "frivolous" and "ridiculous" legal claim on behalf of billionaire Ronald Perelman against his former father-in-law. The judge also criticized Paul Weiss and former litigation head Martin Flumenbaum for bare-knuckled tactics, which "at times crossed the boundary of appropriate litigation tactics." The judge called Flumenbaum's examination of 85-year-old Robert Cohen, who suffers from Parkinson's, "harsh and painful."
June 16, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A New Jersey judge has sanctioned two firms, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Lowenstein Sandler, for pursuing a “frivolous” and “ridiculous” legal claim on behalf of billionaire Ronald Perelman against his 85-year-old ex-father-in-law.
Perelman had alleged that Robert Cohen, the father of Perelman’s ex-wife, Claudia Cohen, who died in 2007, had promised Ms. Cohen that she would receive one half of Mr. Cohen’s estate.
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