Attorneys at Meister Seelig & Fein [MSF] representing Milo Yiannopoulos in his lawsuit against Simon & Schuster asked Judge Barry Ostrager to allow them to step down from the case. They cite “a breakdown in the relationship betwen Meister Seelig & Fein and [Yianoppolous], rendering continued and effective representation impossible.” Attorney Jeffrey Weingart says in a filing, “Plaintiff has insisted on pursuing actions with which MSF has a fundamental disagreement; Plaintiff’s lack of cooperation in this regard has rendered MSF’s representation of Plaintiff unreasonably difficult to carry out effectively.” As the same time, “in compliance with MSF’s duty of confidentiality…and in […]
