{"id":103700,"date":"2025-02-22T16:54:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T16:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/legal\/walls-dqs-risk-news-firm-fights-disqualification-ethical-wall-timing-key-to-compliance-freivogel-findings\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T16:54:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T16:54:59","slug":"walls-dqs-risk-news-firm-fights-disqualification-ethical-wall-timing-key-to-compliance-freivogel-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=103700","title":{"rendered":"Walls, DQs &#038; Risk News \u2014 Firm Fights Disqualification, Ethical Wall Timing Key to Compliance, Freivogel Findings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-8546\">\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8602\" src=\"https:\/\/bresslerriskblog.com\/wp_bresslerriskblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025_nesting_dolls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bresslerriskblog.com\/wp_bresslerriskblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025_nesting_dolls.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bresslerriskblog.com\/wp_bresslerriskblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025_nesting_dolls-230x131.jpg 230w, https:\/\/bresslerriskblog.com\/wp_bresslerriskblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2025_nesting_dolls-350x199.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/legal-ethics\/willkie-removal-in-bankruptcy-case-is-lesson-in-ethics-limits?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=LENW&amp;utm_campaign=00000195-0073-d2b4-a5dd-baff8ccb0000\"><strong>Willkie Removal in Bankruptcy Case Is Lesson in Ethics\u2019 Limits<\/strong><\/a>\u201d \u2014<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWillkie Farr &amp; Gallagher LLP\u2019s disqualification as bankruptcy counsel for brand manager Franchise Group Inc. is a lesson for Big Law firms that ethical walls and conflicts counsel won\u2019t always solve larger issues over impartiality.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe ruling from Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein of the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware severing a large company from its preferred Chapter 11 counsel is rare, but it signals to other law firms that building in ethical walls much earlier is key to keeping their lucrative debtor counsel positions.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWillkie\u2019s prior work with Franchise Group\u2019s ex-CEO Brian Kahn and investment adviser B. Riley Financial Inc. on various matters that have become central to the bankruptcy raised conflict concerns that ultimately doomed its role in the case. The heart of the bankruptcy surrounds claims related to a soured 2023 take-private transaction involving all three parties.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSilverstein\u2019s ruling shows that ethical walls are fine if they\u2019re put in place before there\u2019s a problem, said Nancy Rapoport, a University of Nevada, Las Vegas law professor. But not afterward.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c\u2018Law firms have to think proactively every time they take on a new matter whether there is a risk that representing one client will cause the firm to want to pull its punches on behalf of a different client,\u2019 Rapoport said.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFranchise Group, which operates companies like Pet Supplies Plus, Vitamin Shoppe, and Buddy\u2019s Home Furnishings, filed for bankruptcy in November 2024. It siloed four separate groups of Willkie attorneys from one another as they handled interactions involving the company, Kahn, and B. Riley, but there were staffing overlaps, Silverstein noted.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c\u2018What I hope is that this case sends up a flare that warns large law firms that ethical walls need to be put up sooner rather than later,\u2019 London said.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Justice Department\u2019s bankruptcy watchdog and a lender group argued that Willkie\u2019s prior work for Kahn and B. Riley rendered the firm too conflicted to represent the company in bankruptcy. Kahn led Franchise Group in the controversial take-private deal worth about $2.6 billion that also involved B. Riley, which acquired a stake of about 31%.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWood pellet maker Enviva Inc. faced a similar conflict situation last year. Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP was prevented from becoming bankruptcy counsel by a judge in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia despite saying it had built ethical walls for its attorneys.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe ruling also highlights that even with conflicts counsel in place, big issues like negotiating a bankruptcy plan is a core function of main counsel, Rapoport said. Conflicts counsel\u2014lawyers brought in to handle smaller matters that lead counsel is conflicted out of\u2014is intended to deal with a need for the \u2018person-power\u2019 of Big Law in major bankruptcies, she said.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLarge law firms represent so many clients that it\u2019s impossible to find one that doesn\u2019t have any conflicts, she said.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c\u2018What I\u2019ve been seeing, starting with really broad advance conflicts waivers and continuing in cases like this one, is a Big Law philosophy that ethics rules can be finessed by client agreement alone,\u2019 Rapoport said. \u2018I\u2019m seeing a trend toward pretending that conflicts aren\u2019t a \u2018thing\u2019 for lawyers to worry about any more, and that troubles me.&#8217;\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLawyers are subject to both the statutory rules in the bankruptcy code, the ethical rules governing lawyer conduct from the American Bar Association, and Delaware\u2019s rules of professional conduct, she said.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c\u2018Interpreting these rules is like unpacking a colorful set of Russian nesting dolls, only to find that the center isn\u2019t there,\u2019 London said. \u2018It\u2019s empty.&#8217;\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/legalethics\/articles\/2293168\/proskauer-fights-another-dq-bid-in-nj-hospital-antitrust-suit\"><strong>Proskauer Fights Another DQ Bid In NJ Hospital Antitrust Suit<\/strong><\/a>\u201d \u2014<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cA New Jersey federal magistrate judge was right to allow Proskauer Rose LLP to continue as counsel for RWJBarnabas Health Inc. since the firm\u2019s prior advice to CarePoint Health on its use of COVID-19 relief funds is unrelated to the antitrust lawsuit currently playing out between the two companies, according to the firm.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cProskauer Rose\u2019s 2020 advice to CarePoint regarded only CarePoint\u2019s use of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funds. But the current dispute between CarePoint and RWJBarnabas has nothing to do with the CARES Act, the firm told a New Jersey federal court Tuesday.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCarePoint also waived any conflict, first when it retained Proskauer Rose to advise it on its use of CARES Act funds and then again when it gave its consent to the firm\u2019s representation of RWJBarnabas at the beginning of the antitrust litigation. Its two-year delay in raising the issue since also waives the conflict, according to the firm.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSo U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor was right when she denied CarePoint\u2019s effort to disqualify the firm and her ruling should stand, Proskauer Rose said in a brief in opposition to CarePoint\u2019s appeal of Judge Waldor\u2019s ruling.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c\u2018[N]ot only did CarePoint waive the conflict at the outset, this case has nothing to do with the CARES Act. Judge Waldor got it right. CarePoint\u2019s motion is a litigation tactic, pure and simple,\u2019 Proskauer Rose said.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCarePoint sought to disqualify Proskauer Rose as counsel to RWJBarnabas in August, saying the firm\u2019s prior representation of CarePoint related to CARES Act funds necessitates the firm\u2019s ouster from the case.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDuring the course of the antitrust litigation, more information has been revealed demonstrating further levels of involvement on the part of Proskauer Rose in CarePoint\u2019s finances than the company was previously aware of, CarePoint argued in calling for the firm\u2019s disqualification.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAnd RWJBarnabas\u2019 defense strategy of arguing that CarePoint\u2019s financial difficulties stem from its founders\u2019 extraction of cash from their hospitals rather than Barnabas\u2019 alleged anticompetitive conduct has increased the relevance of the firm\u2019s prior representation, according to CarePoint.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cJudge Waldor rejected those concerns and refused to disqualify the firm in December, when she said the present case wasn\u2019t substantially related to work the law firm previously did for CarePoint.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCarePoint has said the magistrate judge erred and asked the court to hear its disqualification motion de novo. But that\u2019s the wrong standard, according to Proskauer Rose, which said that findings of fact and mixed questions of fact and law can only be reviewed for clear error.\u201d<br \/>\u201cAnd disqualification decisions can only be reversed over an abuse of discretion, the firm added.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCarePoint also argued in its appeal of Judge Waldor\u2019s ruling that the magistrate judge used the \u2018wrong standard\u2019 in reaching her decision. The judge should have used New Jersey Supreme Court jurisprudence that found a waiver of conflict is appropriate only in \u2018extraordinary circumstances,\u2019 according to CarePoint.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBut Judge Waldor isn\u2019t bound by those state Supreme Court cases, Proskauer Rose countered Tuesday. And even if extraordinary circumstances were required in order to find that CarePoint waived the conflict, Judge Waldor found that CarePoint\u2019s two-year delay in raising the issue qualifies as extraordinary, the firm pointed out.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the latest from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freivogelonconflicts.com\/\"><strong>Bill Freivogel<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In re Elna Medical Group Inc., 2025 QCCS 370 (CanLII) (Que. Super. Ct. Feb. 12, 2025).<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a proceeding under the Canadian federal Companies\u2019 Creditors Arrangement Act (\u201cCCAA\u201d). Elna is the primary debtor. The court has raised the issue of Law Firm\u2019s representation of the monitor (\u201cMonitor\u201d) while representing other parties interested in the proceeding, including bidders in the Sale and Investment Solicitation Process (\u201cSISP\u201d).<\/li>\n<li>Monitor has described various steps Law Firm has taken to guard the loyalty and confidentiality of various, some adverse, parties. However, the court expressed concern Law Firm is advising Monitor on the efficacy of these steps. The court requested Monitor to obtain from a law firm other than Law Firm to ensure Law Firm\u2019s measures do not \u201ccompromise the integrity of the SISP and the judicial system.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Perry v. Monaco, 2025 WL 460804 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 10, 2025).<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In denying class certification, the court held a lawyer could not be both class representative and class counsel, citing Second Circuit authorities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sniper Pressure Servs. Ltd v. Northbridge Gen. Ins. Co., 2025 ABKB 77 (CanLII) (Ct. K.B. Alb. Feb. 11, 2025).<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Insured\u2019s roof collapsed. InsCo paid Insured for the loss and has commenced a subrogation action against the tortfeasors. Insured brought this action against InsCo for additional amounts Insured says InsCo owes Insured.<\/li>\n<li>The problem is Lawyer is representing InsCo in this case and is acting on InsCo\u2019s behalf in the subrogation case. Insured claims Lawyer is acting as Insured\u2019s lawyer in the subrogation case. Thus, Lawyer \u201crepresents\u201d Insured in the subrogation case and opposes Insured in this case. In this very brief opinion the applications judge said the law was not \u201cblack and white.\u201d Given the \u201ccircumstances\u201d of these representations, the judge denied Insured\u2019s application to remove Lawyer from this case.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brown v. Sprague, 2025 ABCA 41 (CanLII) (Ct. App. Alb. Feb. 7, 2025).<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c[31] A lawyer who does business with a client has onerous fiduciary duties.\u201d Lawyer, while in a law firm, represented a business client. At some point, the client entered into an agreement for Lawyer to become in-house general counsel of the client. That did not work out, and Lawyer brought this action against the client for breach of contract. The trial court dismissed the action. In this opinion the appellate court affirmed.<\/li>\n<li>From our point of view, the concurring opinion is significant in two respects. First, it is a review of the ethics implications of lawyers doing business with clients across Canada and across other common law jurisdictions, including the U.S. (particularly application of Rule 1.8(a) of the ABA Model Rules). Second, the concurring opinion lays out a number of hypotheticals (which the majority did not endorse) illustrating what sorts of transactions might, or might not, implicate the fiduciary duties of lawyers. Common principles across common law jurisdictions is the transaction must be fair and reasonable to the client, and the client must be given an opportunity to get advice from another lawyer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWillkie Removal in Bankruptcy Case Is Lesson in Ethics\u2019 Limits\u201d \u2014 \u201cWillkie Farr &amp; Gallagher LLP\u2019s disqualification as bankruptcy counsel for brand manager Franchise Group Inc. is a lesson for Big Law firms that ethical walls and conflicts counsel won\u2019t always solve larger issues over impartiality.\u201d \u201cThe ruling from Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[15442,47771,47770,3710,5920,2573,4524,47772,1088,1820,11115,9868,745,17621],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-103700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","tag-compliance","tag-disqualification","tag-dqs","tag-ethical","tag-fights","tag-findings","tag-firm","tag-freivogel","tag-key","tag-news","tag-risk","tag-timing","tag-wall","tag-walls"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Walls, DQs &amp; 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