In a legal action reminiscent of the battle between law firms in TV’s “The Good Wife,” a Wilmington shareholder and whistle blower law firm is suing a former partner who started his own practice.
Legal Newsline reported Grant & Eisenhofer is suing Reuben Guttman and partners in his new firm of Guttman, Buschner & Brooks.
Grant & Eisenhofer claims Guttman “surreptitious and deceptive campaign” to gain clients while in his final days at Grant & Eisenhofer.
Guttman denied the allegations, the news service reported.
The departure came as the firm was handling a whistle blower case with pharmaceutical firm Amgen.
Earlier this year, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden joined Grant & Eisenhofer to assist in whistle blower cases that involve employees informing government agencies about illegal business practices. Beau Biden later died of brain cancer. The story revealed that Grant & Eisenhofer has spent $2 million on the Amgen case that is now being handled by Guttman’s law firm.
