| Sharbat Sued
Iovance Biotherapeutics With Lie to FINRA
Cited, Now Rule 11 Motion Looms
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 15 – Solomon Sharbat
sued Iovance Biotherapeutics
for "willful failure and
refusal to pay fees."
On October 19, 2021 U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Edgardo Ramos held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
Iovance
argued that incoming
substitute plaintiff's counsel
should not be allowed, as he
might be a witness.
They wrote,
"Plaintiff Sharbat has
testified under oath that Mr.
Schwartz instructed him to lie
in a FINRA enforcement
proceeding and physically
assaulted him and threatened
his life.
On
November 16, Judge Ramos held
another proceeding. Inner City
Press again covered it. There
were arguments that Sharbat
was not required to make
sales, but only connections,
under his contract.
On January
5, 2022 Judge Ramos held
another conference in the
case, with the defense now
complaining about Sharbat's
new lawyer and even saying
that the previous lawyer had
given the defense a
declaration that they were
withdrawing due to their
client's failure to follow
advice.
On April
15 Judge Ramos held another
proceeding, and Inner City
Press again covered it. The
plaintiff had brought in a new
participant - in order to get
around the statute of
limitations, the defendant
said, adding it wants to move
for sanctions under Rule 11.
Judge Ramos gave the green
light and said all else in the
case will await that. Even the
pro hac vice application has
to be refiled.
The case is
Sharbat et al v. Iovance
Biotherapeutics, Inc. et al.,
20-cv-1391 (Ramos)
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