Ex-Clients Can't Force Atty To Submit Case File, Judge Says

By Andrea Keckley ( July 13, 2023, 4:32 PM EDT) -- A federal magistrate judge ruled Thursday that two former clients of veteran white collar defense attorney Todd Blanche and his former firm, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, could not force their previous counsel to hand over the entire file relating to their representation, citing the lack of a subpoena and saying that "any decision on the instant motion to compel could interfere or even conflict with the work of the state tribunal."...

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