March 28, 2024
Florida telecom Local Access LLC is again seeking sanctions against the Chicago-based rival it's suing over a contract dispute, claiming that Peerless Network destroyed records and refuses to turn over revenue information it's been seeking since 2017, even after a Florida federal judge directed the company to do so.
March 16, 2021
A Florida federal judge overseeing a contentious telecom contract fight ordered Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on Tuesday to pay nearly $1.5 million in attorney fees and costs to its client's adversary after the firm was sanctioned and fined for violating a protective order.
July 01, 2020
A Florida federal judge overseeing a contentious telecom contract fight hit a Kelley Drye & Warren LLP office managing partner and two others connected to the firm with a $30,000 fine and harsh sanction order, saying their attempt to dodge blame for their own wrongdoing "smacks of desperation."
July 08, 2019
A Florida telecommunications company has told a federal judge that a magistrate judge was wrong not to recommend the court disqualify and hold in contempt Kelley Drye & Warren, saying the record showed the firm had ignored a protective order during discovery and repeatedly covered up its wrongdoing.
June 21, 2019
A Florida federal judge on Friday recommended denying a bid to disqualify Kelley Drye & Warren LLP for passing confidential discovery information to its client, calling the firm's conduct "disappointing" but suggesting in a strongly worded report that it should instead face sanctions and pay the legal fees stemming from the scuffle.
July 09, 2018
In a series of filings Monday in Florida federal court in a bitter telecom contract fight, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP fought back against "vicious" allegations that it intentionally broke a court order and helped client Peerless Network Inc. misuse sensitive customer data from rival Local Access LLC.
June 22, 2018
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's breach of a court protective order and the distribution of sensitive customer information in a telecom contract dispute has opened up a discovery "bear trap" that threatens to derail the case, a telephone company told a Florida federal court Thursday.