A report that Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP prepared in connection with an investigation of bullying within the Miami Dolphins professional football organization wasn’t defamatory, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held Jan. 18.
The National Football League hired the law firm to investigate alleged bullying on the team after Dolphins player Jonathan Martin abruptly left it in 2013, claiming he was bullied, the court’s decision by Judge Frank M. Hull said.
Paul Weiss’s report referenced James Turner, a Dolphins offensive line coach, and said his “unprofessional conduct played a role in Martin’s struggles,” the ...
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