September 24, 2020
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has settled a defamation suit brought by a Florida businessman who alleged that the firm's statements tying him to convicted nursing home mogul Philip Esformes sabotaged his plans to open a drug rehabilitation facility.
May 03, 2019
A New Jersey federal judge refused to dismiss a Florida businessman's allegation that Drinker Biddle's statements tying him to convicted nursing home mogul Philip Esformes sabotaged his plans to open a drug rehabilitation facility, ruling that the revelations at issue contained "excruciating detail" that could constitute defamation.
April 03, 2018
Drinker Biddle Reath LLP was accused Tuesday of spreading false information that sabotaged a Florida businessman's plan to open a drug rehabilitation center in New Jersey in a lawsuit seeking $17 million in would-be profits and a return of the man's investment.