Venues take shot against shareholder attorneys involved in suit
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There will be no Billy Joel concerts, Radio City Rockettes or Knicks games for attorneys involved in litigation against the owner of several prominent entertainment and sports venues in New York.
As reported by Reuters, shareholder firms engaged in litigation over the 2021 merger of Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. and MSG Networks Inc. have received letters from an MSG lawyer advising that they are barred from entering Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, the Beacon Theatre and other MSG venues until the lawsuits are resolved.
The June 24 letter claims professional conduct rules prohibiting contact between shareholder lawyers and MSG employees are at the heart of the ban.
“Because of the adversarial nature inherent in litigation proceedings, and because of the potential for contact with the company’s employees and disclosure outside proper litigation discovery channels that could result from the presence of any of your firm’s lawyers at the company’s venues, neither you, nor any other attorney employed at your firm, may enter the company’s venues,” wrote Hal Weidenfeld, an in-house lawyer for MSG Entertainment, in the letter accessed by the wire service.
