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Litigation

Mar. 23, 2010

Gibson Can't Defend Seyfarth

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has been disqualified from representing Seyfarth Shaw in a legal malpractice lawsuit launched by martial arts guru Billy Blanks.

By Rebecca U. Cho

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has been disqualified from representing Seyfarth Shaw in a legal malpractice lawsuit launched by martial arts guru Billy Blanks.

The decision Thursday by Superior Court Judge Mark V. Mooney to remove Gibson Dunn as counsel came after attorneys for William Lancaster, a co-defendant in the Blanks lawsuit and former Seyfarth Shaw partner, objected to the firm...

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