Law360, New York (May 18, 2010, 5:01 PM ET) -- The unsecured claims estate representative for bankrupt Teligent Inc. has won a bid to block K&L Gates LLP from accessing confidential settlement documents related to a former CEO's departure, which the firm had hoped to use in defending a related malpractice suit.
In a judgment entered Monday, Judge P. Kevin Castel of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York upheld a bankruptcy court order protecting the status of the mediated settlement as privileged.
Savage & Associates PC, the unsecured claims representative, and...