Law Firm Can’t Reopen Discovery Against Ex-Partner (Correct)

Cryptocurrency law firm Roche Freedman LLP won’t be able to reopen discovery in its case against a partner it severed ties with for allegedly abusive behavior, a federal judge decided, overruling the firm’s objection to a magistrate judge’s recommendation that the firm’s motion be denied.

Roche Freedman’s arguments that the magistrate judge should’ve reopened discovery to uncover a potential settlement between defendant Jason Cyrulnik and another former founding partner who Cyrulnik brought counterclaims against are “either moot or without merit,” the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said Tuesday.

Cyrulnik brought counterclaims against Nathan Holcomb, who ...