08/09/2007
Second Circuit Rejects District Court Assertion of Ancillary Jurisdiction Over Attorney Fee Claims by Individual Criminal Defendants Against Their Non-Defendant Former Employer
Jeffrey Stein, et al. v. KPMG, LLP, 486 F.3d 753 (C.A.2 (N.Y.). 2007)
Brief Summary
The Second Circuit held that the district court’s jurisdiction over the underlying criminal case did not give it ancillary jurisdiction over the individual defendants’ claim that, as a result of undue government pressure, the defendants’ former employer had breached its agreement to pay their legal fees.
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