Legal Ethics
Freshfields Partner Fined
Posted Aug 3, 2007, 04:49 am CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A partner with London-based Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer will pay a 9,000 pound fine and 50,000 pounds in court costs for a client conflict.
Barry O'Brien was fined yesterday for representing entrepreneur Philip Green in his offer to buy Marks & Spencer even though the law firm also represented the British retailer in some matters, American Lawyer reports.
The law firm is also facing an age discrimination claim for a restructuring of its pension plan.
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