A federal judge in San Francisco rejected Thursday arguments by Edelson PC that the firm can’t get a fair hearing of its racketeering lawsuit against Girardi Keese in the bankrupt firm’s backyard of Los Angeles.
Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the US District Court for the Northern District of California questioned why the lawsuit was even filed in San Francisco. “There’s really no connection to this district,” the judge said.
The firm is the client, Edelson has offices in San Francisco, and “it was important to us that we litigated in a forum that is not tainted” by connections to ...
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