Secret recordings of ex-partners continue to haunt law firm Freedman Normand
(Reuters) – The plaintiffs firm once known as Roche Freedman, now redubbed Freedman Normand Friedland, has been ousted from another crypto class action because of clandestine – and embarrassing — video recordings of onetime name partner Kyle Roche.
But this time, the problem wasn’t the content of the videos, in which Roche appeared to boast of his lucrative stake in blockchain company Ava Labs Inc and to suggest that he filed class actions against Ava competitors to boost Ava’s prospects.
Instead, US District Judge James Donato of San Francisco removed Freedman Normand as lead counsel in a securities fraud class…