MLW is moving forward with its lawsuit against WWE. MLW first filed the lawsuit in January 2022, claiming that WWE attempted to monopolize the industry.
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Atty In Failed WWE Case Blasts Suspect K&L Gates Fee Bid
Law360 (March 15, 2021, 4:33 PM EDT) A lawyer who was previously sanctioned for his conduct in pursuing now-dismissed claims that World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. hid the risks of head injuries said Friday that the company can t score more than half a million dollars in legal fees, calling K&L Gates LLP s billing rates suspect.
Attorney Konstantine W. Kyros of Kyros Law Offices PC, who was sanctioned in 2018 for overly lengthy and frivolous filings, told a Connecticut federal judge that the nearly $574,000 fee requested by WWE and its CEO, Vince McMahon, is based on K&L Gates partner Jerry S. McDevitt s patently unreasonable $950 hourly rate, or nearly twice that.