AP Asks Judge to Deny Fairey’s Change of Counsel
The Associated Press has asked a federal judge to deny a request by the attorneys of street artist Shepard Fairey to withdraw as his legal counsel.
According to the Boston Globe,
In papers filed Monday in Manhattan federal court, the news organization said that the request should be turned down because his attorneys have “unique knowledge” about Fairey’s wrongdoing.
“In addition,” according to the papers, “having new counsel start fresh nine months into the case after extensive discovery has already occurred would cause additional prejudice and undue delay to The AP, which, as a not-for-profit organization, has already been forced to incur significant expense in discovery due to Fairey’s attempt to hide which photo he used to make the Obama posters.”