A magistrate judge questioned attorneys about the free-speech effects of an effort by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to disqualify a personal injury attorney with a case against the authority who confronted one of its high-level officials at a town hall meeting.

Attorneys for the MTA argue that David Roth, who represents a woman who lost an arm and a leg in 2016 after she fainted on a subway platform and fell in front of an oncoming train, broke ethics rules for New York attorneys when he questioned New York City Transit Authority President Andy Byford in a public meeting about platform safety measures without disclosing that he has a client suing the MTA.

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