Cohen’s Lawyer Says Privilege at Issue in Fake Citation Response

Michael Cohen‘s lawyer has hired his own counsel to handle his response to a Dec. 12 order to demonstrate why he shouldn’t be held in contempt for filing a motion with citations to three court cases that a federal district court said didn’t exist.

Counsel for Cohen’s lawyer, David M. Schwartz of Gerstman Schwartz LLP, filed a response to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York’s order to show cause, saying that Schwartz’s response may require disclosure of attorney-client privileged communications under the New York Rules of Professional Conduct.

The Dec. 15 filing was ...