Trials & Litigation
Retired prosecutor recordsdata lawsuit in opposition to New York Metropolis over Skadden Arps protest
Retired prosecutor David O’Keefe conducts his protest in opposition to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in April. (Picture from O’Keefe’s Dec. 18 lawsuit)
A retired prosecutor filed a lawsuit final week in federal court docket in opposition to New York Metropolis and Brookfield Properties alleging that he was wrongfully arrested whereas protesting in a public area in opposition to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
The protest was over the law firm’s deal with President Donald Trump to offer free authorized work, Reuters reports.
Prosecutor David O’Keefe stated within the suit he was arrested whereas staging a protest by himself in April in a privately owned however public area on the pavement outdoors Skadden’s Manhattan, New York Metropolis, workplace, in keeping with Reuters.
O’Keefe stated within the go well with he was protesting in an space that allowed Skadden workers on their means into their workplace constructing and different passersby to see his protest.
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