Judith Regan Sued By Her Lawyers

Judith Regan Sued By Her Lawyers

Huffington Post/Reuters   |   March 4, 2008 09:01 AM


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Judith Regan settled her lawsuit against News Corp. in January, but there's a new legal battle on her horizon. Regan is being sued by her former lawyers, Dreier LLP and Redniss & Associates, who claim she fired them before the settlement, cutting them out of their share and skipping out on her legal fees.

Reuters reports:

The lawyers represented Regan in a lawsuit related to her dismissal in 2006 from News Corp and its HarperCollins Publishers. Regan was fired after her plans to publish a controversial book by O.J. Simpson were scrapped.


Regan had accused her employers of defamation and breach of contract. The lawsuit was settled confidentially out of court in January with neither party admitting any liability.


Now, Dreier LLP and Redniss and Associates LLC are accusing Regan of not paying $42,560 in fees.


Regan was not available for comment.


The lawsuit, filed in New York State Court, also accuses Regan of breaking the terms of their agreement, which the lawyers say promised them 25 percent of any gross recovery "through judgment or out-of-court settlement" of the lawsuit.


The law firms are also suing Bertram Fields, the lawyer Regan hired to settle the lawsuit.

The lawsuit, which was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount, centered around alleged anti-Semitic remarks made by Regan that prompted her dismissal. In the settlement, News Corp. said, "After carefully considering the matter, we accept Ms. Regan's position that she did not say anything that was anti-Semitic in nature, and further believe that Ms. Regan is not anti-Semitic." Regan also claimed that News Corp. asked her to lie to federal investigators to protect Rudy Giuliani's presidential big (Regan had an affair with Giuliani's police commissioner, Bernard Kerik).


 
 

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- Aslanspal See Profile I'm a Fan of Aslanspal permalink

Kerik always was creepy...that deputy dog look hinted at something ...well creepy.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:15 PM on 03/04/2008
- amanda85 See Profile I'm a Fan of amanda85 permalink

With headlines like these, who needs comedy writers?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:23 PM on 03/04/2008
- HakimKutta See Profile I'm a Fan of HakimKutta permalink

True, true, even here on Huff if you say anything with a little punch about how Israel is treating the Palestinians they won't post your comment....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:06 PM on 03/04/2008
- NicoleAnonymous See Profile I'm a Fan of NicoleAnonymous permalink

I said something yesterday about how the Israelis will rationalize killing civilians but then turn around and say Arabs are evil when they do the same thing. A few minutes after I posted it I received a message from Huffington Post that I was banned from here. I don't even know why I can post today because I never asked them to take me back. It doesn't matter to me if I'm not allowed here.

And I'm Jewish although that isn't really relevant.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:28 PM on 03/04/2008
- VoxDea See Profile I'm a Fan of VoxDea permalink

Huff Post is VERY weird about these comments pages. I was in the first Contagious Festival contest, and tried using my contest URL as my sig file so that I'd maybe get some clicks from Huff Post readers. Well, they deleted my (few -- maybe two or three) comments with said sig file, AND they banned me from commenting. I wrote to Jonah Peretti, who was running the festival, and asked him to have them reinstate me, reminding him that I had no idea that I wasn't allowed to do that...but I never got a response, and they never reinstated me. For that tiny little insignificant infraction! I had to register with another user name (and now this one will probably get bounced, too! :-( ). Really nice.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:32 PM on 03/04/2008
- jubo See Profile I'm a Fan of jubo permalink

And here you are posting the same thing. Perhaps it was one's whimsy that was corrected?
Rightfully so, your statement did not warrant banning. Or censorship. Oops.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:51 PM on 03/04/2008
- mrcontinental See Profile I'm a Fan of mrcontinental permalink

Bill O has won. He's has HuffPo running scared. Looks like they are more concerned about advertising revenue than providing a forum to promote freedom of expression.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:26 PM on 03/04/2008
- philinburb See Profile I'm a Fan of philinburb permalink

She poked that Kerik guy - ewwww

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:48 PM on 03/04/2008
- jubo See Profile I'm a Fan of jubo permalink

Heh. Right wing chicks...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:54 PM on 03/04/2008
- doglove See Profile I'm a Fan of doglove permalink

Hey, she brought down Rudi and Bernie.

Until this story broke, Rudi was in the lead. This hurt him terribly, then came the NY taxi service for his whore/bitch. The expense accounts, the rides to the Hamptons and the vet. for Judi, by her own 'private cops'.

It takes a tremendous amount of courage to stand up to these thugs. They threatened her, and her own employer told her to lie to the investigators about her affair with Kerik. She is a brave woman.

The O.J. thing was dumb, but I'm sure it wasn't just her decision. It will get published any way.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:43 PM on 03/04/2008
- 4Hope See Profile I'm a Fan of 4Hope permalink

Didn't know much about her except for that tv show she had, remember? she interviewed people, seated behind a gaudy desk? I thought she was funny & bright & interesting. Then the whole OJ scandal & the Rudy mess & now this? So she's not that bright after all? Misguided? How could she make so many bad judgement calls? Was it because she had to chase the dollar? Sad....here's hoping she can get help to wade out of this awful quagmire & redeem herself....hey! she should call martha stewart .....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:58 PM on 03/04/2008
- biglover See Profile I'm a Fan of biglover permalink

There sure are a lot of woman haters in this post. misogynistic pigs is what you all are.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:20 PM on 03/04/2008
- jubo See Profile I'm a Fan of jubo permalink

Oh please, she is as fair game as Kerik is.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:56 PM on 03/04/2008
- dearest See Profile I'm a Fan of dearest permalink

Sweet

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:27 PM on 03/04/2008
- unclejim See Profile I'm a Fan of unclejim permalink

like paris hilton or britney
who cares ?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:11 PM on 03/04/2008
- SILVANUS See Profile I'm a Fan of SILVANUS permalink

Pigs lay in sh*t.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:52 PM on 03/04/2008
- ArtLiquidBlogspot See Profile I'm a Fan of ArtLiquidBlogspot permalink

Thus the people are inclined:___________,..._________,______,Frankly,___________,
sharp witted,_________,capable___________....Please fill in the blanks!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:35 PM on 03/04/2008
- gala1 See Profile I'm a Fan of gala1 permalink

I so do hope the Goldmans get to place the arrows in the rear view shot of this photo

gala

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:26 PM on 03/04/2008
- larry278 See Profile I'm a Fan of larry278 permalink

It isn't wise to use any means to avoid paying your legal counsel in full.
It is a custom in the legal profession for one's new counselor to contact one's old counsel & arrange for a client to pay the former counsel in full at once. Often one's new counsel will have an employee deliver the payment to the old counsel at once. One's new counselor will call the former counselor to see if the payment was delivered & if the payment was satisfactory & was accepted as payment in full. It is considered to be an obligation in keeping with the legal proffession's code of ethics. As a client, I value & abide by the advice of my legal counsel including paying all fees of my former counsel. That's why I retain [hire] the services of a lawyer.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:59 AM on 03/04/2008
- editorjuno See Profile I'm a Fan of editorjuno permalink

That's the most naive view of the attorney-client dynamic I've read in years. Having the endured the results of inept and unethical legal representation made even more intolerable by hideously padded billing ($300K+ to arrive at a highly problematic negotiated settlement to what amounted to an elaborate nuisance suit), I can tell you that the very worst thing you can do is "paying your legal counsel in full" regardless of their performance and/or ethics -- underperforming law firms seldom risk bar association arbitration and are often amenable to settling for far less than originally demanded.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:11 PM on 03/04/2008
- EspressoAtNoon See Profile I'm a Fan of EspressoAtNoon permalink

She clearly has emotional problems. But isn't it ironic how the "anti-semitic" card is constantly thrown around to smear innocent people as a form of "trump" card?

This has become so commonplace in America. A person complains about Israel's treatment of the Palestinians - he's automatically branded an "anti-semite". An author threatens to expose her affair with a politician's crony and she's automatically branded an "anti-semite". Not only is it the worst kind of slander, it truly belittles and trivializes the importance of the label itself.

One day when a true anti-semite is really threatening people, people are going to call him out and no one is even going to listen or believe the charges.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:41 AM on 03/04/2008
- MagisterLudi See Profile I'm a Fan of MagisterLudi permalink

Let me explain to you in a simple language. Anyone who feels or expresses hatred for a person based on their race is a racist. Therefore, anyone calling African American a "nigger" is a racist. It does not matter if that person just robbed a liquor store. If bunch of people in Somalia kill some innocent civilians they are NOT the nigger government or nigger thugs. Right?

Well some people complain about Arab/Israeli conflict because they would like to see it solved so both parties come out safe and security. Those are not Anti-Semites.

There are those who bitch and will ALWAYS bitch about everything Jews do because the idea of Jewish state or Jews in any powerful position drives them nuts.Those are Anti-Semites. There are PLENTY of those right here on Huffpo. You want see them? just read comments on a blog with a Jew, Israel or some famous Jew in the headline.

Those are the same people who feverishly look for Jewish sounding names in the news.

Hatred is in the heart and hard to pin down. People with hate in their heart towards Jews would like to find justification for their hate.
No one wants to be known as a racist or Anti-Semites. Some Anti-Semites, especially Arab, could care less about Palestinians and treat the same Palestinians worse than slaves in their own country. But always the tiresome "Jews are taking over/controlling the world" tale. Hey, I even read one amusing :"
Jews are planning to take over the Universe" comment in a Egyptian daily. Those are Anti-Semites.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:11 AM on 03/10/2008
- HakimKutta See Profile I'm a Fan of HakimKutta permalink

This is even so on Huffington Post. Anti-Zionism isn't the same as anti-Semetic but even if it were don't anti-Semites have a right to voice their opinions? And let us not forget that the Palestinians are Semites as well, Jews having co opted that label as they have "their land." A concentration camp is a concentration regardless of the flag the jailers fly. Hmmm, has the Israeli lobby infiltrated the Huffington Post as they have everywhere else?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:48 PM on 03/04/2008
- NtFourSale See Profile I'm a Fan of NtFourSale permalink

Agreed. Ironically, these false accusations of anti-semitism are increasing genuine anti-semitism.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:54 AM on 03/04/2008
- larry278 See Profile I'm a Fan of larry278 permalink

Please explain this to me. If I call a Hebrew lady a Jew bitch repeatedly & do so in a crowded bus & she goes to court to get an injunction against me to force me to stop calling her a Jew bitch everybody who was on the bus when I called her a Jew bitch will start calling her a Jew bitch too. Right? No, not right.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:17 PM on 03/04/2008
- bob5701 See Profile I'm a Fan of bob5701 permalink

Scum bags suing Scum bags.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:39 AM on 03/04/2008
- maxfusion See Profile I'm a Fan of maxfusion permalink

What a lovely human being, god help us.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:32 AM on 03/04/2008
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