Judge Grants Liberian Companies’ Motion To Displace Prior Counsel

( February 19, 2025, 2:30 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge granted a motion by Liberian affiliates of a shipping company under new ownership to displace its prior law firm and order previous counsel to turn over case files to the affiliates’ new counsel in an ongoing row over enforcement of a JAMS arbitral award for a contract dispute with a British Virgin Islands (BVI) investment company....