Mayweather Promotions, LLC v. PAC Entertainment Worldwide, LLC
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:21-cv-04378
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Mayweather Promotions v. PAC Entertainment, Judge Caproni granted PAC’s lawyers’ withdrawal motion, terminated them, and ordered PAC to obtain new counsel.
PAC Entertainment Worldwide LLC, David Yeger, Esq., and John H. Reichman, Esq.; PAC was required to obtain new counsel.
What happened
Mayweather Promotions, LLC v. PAC Entertainment Worldwide LLC concerns PAC’s attorneys’ request to withdraw from the case. The court had ordered PAC to explain why the request should not be granted, but PAC did not do so.
The court granted the withdrawal motion and terminated David Yeger and John H. Reichman from the case. It ordered PAC to obtain new counsel and file that lawyer’s appearance by August 8, 2022.
Judge Caproni also scheduled a pretrial conference for August 26, 2022, and required the parties’ joint submissions by August 18, 2022.
The detailed version
- Mayweather Promotions, LLC v. PAC Entertainment Worldwide, LLC · No. 1:21-cv-04378
- Valerie Caproni
- July 7, 2022
Background
Counsel for PAC Entertainment Worldwide LLC filed a motion to withdraw from representing PAC. The court ordered PAC to show cause—meaning to explain why the motion should not be granted—by June 24, 2022. While the motion was pending, the court adjourned the pretrial conference and stayed the case deadlines.
PAC did not show cause why the motion should not be granted.
Ruling
The court granted the motion for withdrawal of appearance. David Yeger, Esq., and John H. Reichman, Esq., were terminated from the case. The court ordered PAC to obtain new counsel and have a new appearance filed by August 8, 2022, citing the rule that a limited liability company may appear in federal court only through a licensed attorney.
The court further ordered that the pretrial conference would take place on August 26, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 443 of the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse. The parties’ joint submissions were due by August 18, 2022.
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