Judge Won't 'Destroy' King & Spalding Billing Records the Firm Wants to Pull Back
King & Spalding "asks the court to turn back the clock and treat the sealed material as if plaintiff had never intentionally placed it on the court’s docket. That the court cannot do," U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said in a new order.
By Mike Scarcella, Nat’l Law Journal, Apr. 21, 2020
A Washington federal judge on Tuesday turned down a request from King & Spalding to destroy billing records the law firm submitted under seal as part of a petition seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney fees in a public records lawsuit.
King & Spalding withdrew its request for $665,000 in fees in the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit after the federal trial judge, Amit Mehta, said the firm would be required to reveal billing rates and other information submitted under seal in support of the petition for compensation.
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