A South Florida judge has rebuffed an attempt by the Department of Justice to prohibit two  Miami attorneys from representing their clients in federal court.

U.S. Magistrate Judge William Matthewman denied a prosecution motion to disqualify the defense counsel for dietary supplement company Blackstone Labs and its CEO Phillip Braun on Monday. The department’s April 1 motion asked the court to bar attorneys Benedict Kuehne and Michael Davis from representing the defendants in the Southern District of Florida.

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