Brokeback Lawfirm: A Status Conference Tomorrow

It looks like there’s going to be a status conference tomorrow in Sullivan & Cromwell v. Charney. Here’s the docket entry:

Unfortunately, we won’t be able to travel up to New York for the festivities. If you work at 60 Centre Street or nearby, and might be able to attend the proceedings, we’d be most grateful for your report.
In other Brokeback Lawfirm developments, Lavi Soloway has gotten his hands on a copy of the transcript from the last Charney v. S&C hearing. He parses it in this post. Here’s a highlight:

THE COURT: That’s a settlement meeting between Mr. Charney and persons respresenting Sullivan & Cromwell?

MR. ALTERMAN: Sullivan & Cromwell themselves before we were involved.

THE COURT: With Mr. Charney?

MR. ALTERMAN: With Mr. Charney and another witness.

THE COURT: That’s my question.

MR. ALTERMAN: And another witness represented by counsel, a secret settlement meeting when they offered him a sum of money.

Lavi Soloway wonders: “Who was the other witness? Was it Gera Grinberg, represented by Gallion & Spielvogel?
Discussion about the “secret settlement talks” reminds us — we’ve been meaning to pat ourselves on the back. On February 2, we feverishly speculated that settlement discussions were ongoing between the parties.
When S&C’s lawsuit against Charney became widely known, it looked like we were wrong. But as it turns out, we were right, at least in part. The parties WERE in the process of trying to settle the case during the second half of that week. It wasn’t until after the talks failed, and Charney found counsel for himself, that the parties wound up at 60 Centre Street (first for a TRO hearing before Justice Charles Ramos, and then for later proceedings before Justice Bernard Fried).
White Shoe Diaries: The Charney Transcript [Soloway]
WebCivil Supreme [New York State Unified Court System]

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