Wake Up Call: WWE Said to Replace K&L Gates Counsel in Antitrust Suit

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• A team of Paul Weiss lawyers is reportedly set to take over defending World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. in an antitrust lawsuit filed by MLW Media LLC. WWE’s longtime outside counsel, K&L Gates partner Jerry McDevitt, said that after a judge last month rejected WWE’s motion to throw out the suit by MLW (Major League Wrestling), the case will likely stretch into at least 2025. So, McDevitt, who is planning to retire, and his team are handing the case ...