Legal Opinion
KLG Gates LLP v. Brown
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 18, 2014No. 13-cv-4972 (ADS)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
This is an appeal filed on September 5, 2013 by the appellant KLG Gates LLP (“KLG”), a law firm, from the orders of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York (Eisenberg, J.), entered on April 29, 2013 and July 8, 2013 (the “Disqualification Orders”). These orders disqualified KLG as counsel to (1) the Brown Publishing Company (“BPC”) and Brown Media Holdings Company (“BMH” and collectively, the “Debtors”) and (2) the Brown Publishing Company Liquidating Trust (the “Liquidating Trust”), and ordered KLG to disgorge…
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