A Manhattan federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by two attorneys who alleged a New York litigation boutique, Simon & Partners, induced them to join the firm based on false promises and then wrongly obtained more than $700,000 in profits from their legal work.

Attorneys Brian Brook and Matthew Peed, now partners at their own boutique, Clinton Brook & Peed, had alleged a host of claims against 10-attorney Simon & Partners and its founder, Bradley Simon, including fraud, unjust enrichment and quantum merit and breach of contract.