A federal judge has tossed out a libel suit brought by a local counsel in New York City against a Pennsylvania attorney who hired and fired him. Southern District of New York Judge Shira A. Scheindlin found that the judicial proceedings privilege barred the libel claim, which centered on an e-mail sent to parties regarding a civil suit that was settled. Scheindlin rejected arguments that the remarks could be the basis of a claim because they concerned a fee dispute, not the underlying case.
June 20, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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A federal judge has tossed out a libel suit brought by a local counsel in New York City against a Pennsylvania attorney who hired and fired him.
Southern District of New York Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, writing in Cassuto v. Shulick, 06-CV-15314, found that the judicial proceedings privilege barred the libel claim, which centered on an e-mail sent to parties regarding a civil suit that was settled.
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