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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Aug. 26, 2026

Restaurant conversation fuels bid to bar lawyers from LAX dispute

Los Angeles says two Chicago attorneys improperly used privileged information overheard at a restaurant near LAX, while the SkyLink developer calls the conversation "lunchtime shop talk."

An allegedly privileged restaurant conversation between a Los Angeles city attorney and an airport consultant is at the center of an effort by Los Angeles World Airports to block two Chicago attorneys from representing the developer of LAX's delayed automated people mover in a contract lawsuit.

Developer LAX Integrated Express Solutions argued Monday that the city's objections have little to do with whether Stein Ray LLP partners Steven Stein and Carl Popovsky should be ad...

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