The U.S. trustee overseeing the bankruptcy case of the Los Angeles Dodgers has objected to about $350,000 in legal fees and expenses, arguing that work billed by attorneys to obtain financing over the summer was “not reasonably likely to benefit” the team.

The Dodgers’ lawyers at Dewey & LeBoeuf and Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, in a response filed on Oct. 19, defended their actions, which they insisted ended up benefitting the Dodgers and came at the direction of the lender.

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