A Florida-based law firm has been disqualified from a Delaware Bankruptcy Court case last week for failing to disclose and later denying unapproved fee-splitting agreements with a broker and previous representation of a related party.

One of the disqualified attorneys said Monday that the allegations brought against the firm were part of a strategy brought by opposing counsel, that there was no fee-splitting agreement and that it was unthinkable a court could have expected counsel to disclose an agreement that didn’t exist.

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