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Counsel Concerns: Ice Cube's Big3 Suit Against League's Lawyers Ends Quietly
Three-on-three basketball league Big3, co-owned by hip hop artist and actor Ice Cube, quietly abandoned a lawsuit accusing the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan of putting its lucrative relationship with the Republic of Qatar ahead of its attorney-client obligations to the fledgling sports project.
In June, 11 days after filing the explosive complaint alleging that the litigation powerhouse inserted itself into a court fight the league had with its former commissioner to serve the interests of the law firm's existing Qatari clients, Big3 filed papers to discontinue the lawsuit in New York County state court with prejudice. Big3 Basketball LLC v. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, 652077/2020.
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