Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin
Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin was a law firm that represented Inslaw Corporation in prosecuting its adversary complaint against the United States Department of Justice. Lee Ratiner was the partner in charge of the matter.
Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin was a law firm that represented Inslaw in prosecuting its adversary complaint against the DOJ. Lee Ratiner was the partner in charge of the matter.
Inslaw filed an objection to Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin's application for fees, charging that the firm, due to pressure by the DOJ, forced Ratiner out and effectively abandoned INSLAW. Bankruptcy Judge James F. Schneider found no credible evidence to support Inslaw's charge, concluding that Inslaw's allegations of wrongdoing were "built upon supposition, suspicion and uncorroborated hearsay, all of which [are] unworthy of belief." The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations also investigated Inslaw's claim and found no proof of any DOJ pressure on the firm that affected its representation of Inslaw.1
More recently, Ari Ben-Menashe published a book in which he claimed to have seen evidence suggesting that the Dickstein, Shapiro firm was to be paid $600,000 by Hadron, Inc., or Earl Brian in order to remove Ratiner from the firm. However, the Special Counsel's investigation found this claim implausible given their conclusions about Ben-Menashe's testimony.1
Sources
- U.S. Department of Justice. Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc. March 1993. ↩
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