In “Dropping a Client like a ‘Hot Potato’,” Professor Bennett L. Gershman and Joel Cohen, a senior counsel at Petrillo Klein & Boxer, engage in a debate about our firm’s decision to end a client representation, but the discussion lacks key context. As a result, the piece leaves an inaccurate and misleading impression.

The column is based on the incorrect premise that our firm suddenly disengaged Columbia University professor Katherine Franke in July (like a “hot potato”) after Franke’s comments about Israeli students received public backlash. However, the authors were probably unaware of several important facts when they debated the issue.