Judge Allows Most Of Tribe’s Counterclaims Against Law Firm In Casino Work Row

Mealey's (April 23, 2020, 1:31 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on April 22 mostly denied a law firm’s bid for judgment on breach of fiduciary duty counterclaims leveled against it by the Native American tribe that fired the firm, finding that the tribal defendants’ allegations are sufficient enough to withstand the firm’s bid for judgment on the pleadings (Williams & Cochrane, LLP v. Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, et al., No. 3:17-cv-01436, S.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70824)....