Ex-Cadwalader Clients Lose Bid for Legal File in Criminal Case

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP doesn’t have to turn over files related its representation of two former clients now facing criminal fraud charges who it says owe it at least $760,000 in legal fees.

Even assuming an urgent, particularized need for the file, the defendants haven’t demonstrated any prejudice or their inability to either pay the outstanding fees or post security, the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York said.

The defendants also have alternative means of obtaining the file, so denying the motion isn’t the equivalent of denying them access to the information they seek, Magistrate ...