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Jay-Z Still Isn’t Letting Tony Buzbee Off The Hook – Above the Law

Jay-Z
(Photo
by
Gilbert
Flores/Variety
via
Getty
Images)

Are
you
interested
in
powerful
figures
getting
their
comeuppance
against
hostile
lawyers
while

also
needing
a
break
from
Trump’s
tirade
against
Biglaw
?
Well,
do
I
have
the
story
for
you!

You
may
remember
Tony
Buzbee’s
bold

promise
to
go
after
the
celebrities
involves
in
Diddy’s
freakoffs
.
Buzbee
made
an
attempt
at
Shawn
Carter’s
reputation
and
wallet
not
long
after.
And
although
Buzbee’s
charges
against
Jay-Z
have
dropped,
Jay-Z’s
decision
to
countersue
is
still
putting
pressure
on
the
lawyer.
Buzbee
was
able
to
get
the
extortion
prong
of
Jay-Z’s
countersuit
dismissed,
but
he
could
really
use
a
break
from
the
defamation
prong.
No,
seriously

he’s
asking
the
judge
to
cut
him
some
slack.

Law360

has
coverage:

Counsel
for
personal
injury
lawyer
Tony
Buzbee
urged
a
California
state
judge
on
Tuesday
to
shut
down
Shawn
“Jay-Z”
Carter’s
extortion
and
defamation
suit
over
now-dismissed
rape
claims…”This
is
a
well-funded,
powerful
figure
who’s
trying
to
punish
lawyers
who
do
what
lawyers
do,”
said
Samuel
Moniz
of Sheppard
Mullin
Richter
&
Hampton
LLP
,
who
represents
Buzbee,
during
Tuesday’s
hearing.
“The
Buzbee
parties
did
not
do
anything
that’s
over
the
line
here.
But
Carter
is
obviously
really
mad
and
determined
to
use
his
resources
to
send
a
message
to
lawyers
and
plaintiffs
everywhere.”

Good
thing
Buzbee
didn’t
hire
a
lawyer
from

Skadden

or

Kirkland


they
would
have
told
him
just
to
pledge
millions
of
dollars
worth
of
pro
bono
hours
to
Jay-Z
rather
than
defending
himself.
Instead,
Moniz
is
arguing
that
anti-SLAPP
protections
should
nip
this
suit
in
the
bud.
The
strategy
proved
successful
with
the
extortion
prong
of
the
suit,
why
not
cross
apply
it
here?
The
judge
seems
amenable
to
the
argument;
now
we
just
have
to
wait
and
see
how
it
pans
out.

For
more
information,
the
case
name
is
Shawn
Carter
v. The
Buzbee
Law
Firm et
al.,
case
number
24SMCV05637,
in
the
Superior
Court
of
the
State
of
California,
County
of
Los
Angeles.


Jay-Z
‘Trying
To
Punish’
Buzbee
For
Advocacy,
Judge
Told

[Law360]


Earlier
:

Tracking
Down
Collaborators
Or
Diddy
By
Association?


Tony
Buzbee
Still
Has
To
Deal
With
Jay-Z’s
Defamation
Countersuit



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a
social
media
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and
assistant
editor
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Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
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long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
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learning
to
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
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and
humor
,
and
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cycling
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