Judge Sends Wilkie Partner's Abuse-Of-Process Suit To Trial

By Emily Sawicki ( February 27, 2026, 4:32 PM EST) -- A Connecticut federal judge has opted not to cut short a Willkie Farr partner's abuse-of-process suit over an inflammatory affidavit entered in an underlying state court landlord-tenant dispute, determining a jury might find that the partner's landlord and his attorney used the filing to "besmirch" their tenants, including potentially shopping the story to the press....

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