Casino mogul ordered to pay $54M to Bartlit Beck Law Firm

A casino mogul owes more than $54 million in costs and fees to the Bartlit Beck LLP attorneys who negotiated a $2.6 billion settlement in his favor in a dispute with Wynn Resorts, a federal appeals court held.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Kazuo Okada’s argument that he was denied a fundamentally fair proceeding when the panel of arbitrators that made the award considered only Bartlit Beck’s evidence in a hearing Okada did not attend.“On procedural and evidentiary matters, federal courts …

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