Christie bridge scandal: Lawyers may have conflict of interest, Port Authority says

[herding cats]

Source: The Record (NorthJersey.com)

The Port Authority is raising concerns that the law firm chosen to represent the Christie administration amid several investigations into the George Washington Bridge scandal has a conflict of interest.

Officials at the bi-state agency plan to send a letter to the firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP expressing the concerns, which stem from the firm's work on a separate but potentially related case, said a knowledgeable source.

The firm is representing the Port Authority in a lawsuit lodged by the motorist group AAA over the agency's controversial toll hikes in 2011. Christie jointly steers the Port Authority.

The interests of the Port Authority and the Christie administration in both the toll hike lawsuit and the George Washington Bridge probes could diverge, presenting potential complications if the same law firm is representing both simultaneously, some within the Port Authority believe.


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[Baitball Blogger]

1. Lawyers with a conflict of interest?

Is there any other kind?

[starroute]

2. You mean this Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson,_Dunn_%26_Crutcher

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is a global law firm, founded in Los Angeles in 1890. The firm is one of the most prestigious and selective in the United States and ranks among the most successful firms globally. ... The firm's best-known attorneys and alumni include former United States Solicitors General Theodore Olson and Ken Starr, Eugene Scalia, and Miguel Estrada.

The firm represents Apple, Inc. in its patent infringement suit against Samsung relating to the Galaxy Nexus smartphone, and recently won an injunction blocking the sale of the Galaxy Nexus phone in the United States. The firm is representing Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, in a $17 billion contract dispute with purported seed money financier Paul Ceglia. The firm is representing Chevron in its long-running, $27 billion environmental dispute in Ecuador. The firm is defending Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in the landmark $11 billion employment discrimination class action Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ...

The firm is representing the Dole Food Company in a multi-billion dollar toxic tort suit in Nicaragua involving allegations of farmworker sterility stemming from Dole's use of certain pesticides. ... The firm is defending Intel against several multi-billion dollar antitrust lawsuits filed by AMD and the European Union. Gibson Dunn is currently defending Amazon.com against patent infringement claims relating to the company's development of the Kindle. Partner Ted Olson represented the NFL Players Association during the 2011 NFL lockout.

(And a whole lot more.)

[davidpdx]

4. Apparently they have some tie to Gouelini as well

a noun, a very, and 9/11

[Cha]

3. thanks herding cats!

[sandyshoes17]

5. Call me cynical

But until I see real heads roll on this I won't believe it. I've been around long enough to remember getting excited about a bad politician finally facing justice. But this could all be theater for us all, they could go thru this big investigation, find nothing on cc, someone will take the fall. Than when he's running for pres, he can say that's already been investigated by democrats, and they found I did nothing wrong, end of story, it's buried and no one can bring it up. How many of those nj legislators voted for him over Buono, politics is dirty and I won't trust it till I see this going somewhere, because he is bad, and I do not want a pres Christie