Miami law firm Greenberg Traurig is seeking to withdraw as Kanye’s legal counsel in a copyright case.
The law firm asked a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday for permission to drop Kanye West. This would be the fifth law firm to drop Kanye West, now legally known as Ye, after repeated anti-semitic remarks the rapper made on social media and podcasts.
On November 2, Greenberg Traurig filed a motion to withdraw as counsel of record for the case against him filed by Ultra Music Publishing (Ultra International Music Publishing, LLC v. West (1:22-cv-05560).
The filing says the law firm will submit an affidavit detailing all attempts to contact Mr. West, with paperwork lodged no later than November 11th. The barristers also assert that they could not get any input from the rapper on Ultra’s latest offer to settle the dispute over his Donda 2 project.
Then, there’s the more serious problem with Kanye the client.
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Greenberg Traurig LLP Is Attempting to Dump Kanye West as a Client
