Adam Leitman Bailey. Courtesy photo Manhattan Judge Dismisses 'Malicious Media Campaign' $25M Tort Suit Against Alleged Holdover Tenant's Lawyer
In throwing out a tortious-interference-with-economic-advantage claim levied against prominent real estate lawyer Adam Leitman Bailey, the judge said Bailey and his firm "were acting to zealously represent their client and not solely to harm plaintiff, and plaintiff has failed to allege any business relationship that was interfered with."
September 28, 2022 at 01:33 PM
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A Manhattan judge has rejected the claim that real estate attorney Adam Leitman Bailey waged a "malicious media campaign" aimed at "shaking down" a developer who is suing Bailey's client, dismissing a $25 million suit that said the lawyer had committed abuse-of-process and tortious-interference torts.
The dismissal of the suit filed against Bailey and his 29-lawyer Manhattan firm, Adam Leitman Bailey P.C., appears to give some vindication to Bailey. He said publicly in May that Y. David Scharf, the Morrison Cohen litigator and chair who was helping to litigate the tort suit, "cannot win this case under any circumstances, assuming all the facts in it are true, which they are not."
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