Ana Reyes testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia, on June 22, 2022. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM‘Not A Kindergarten Teacher’: Judge Blasts Keller Postman, Jenner & Block, in Mass Arb Dispute
At a Dec. 19 hearing, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, in the District of Columbia, criticized lawyers for their escalating mass arbitration fight. “I don’t think lawyers should start going after each other,” she wrote. “Now, all of this seems like a colossal waste of time, energy, and money.”
December 27, 2024 at 02:21 PM
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What You Need to Know
- 'This case in the last month has devolved, according to physical law, I guess, entropy, into disorder,' Reyes said at the start of the hearing.
- Reyes is overseeing a lawsuit that Tubi, Jenner & Block’s client, filed against Keller Postman for allegedly bringing thousands of frivolous arbitration claims.
- Keller Postman moved to disqualify Jenner & Block from the case, then filed a Dec. 11 lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Jenner & Block.
A federal judge overseeing an escalating mass arbitration fight between Keller Postman and Jenner & Block began a hearing this month by asking: “Who can tell me what the second law of thermodynamics is?”
Then, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, of the District of Columbia, gave the answer: the law of entropy, which states that things tend toward disorder when left to themselves.
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