Microsoft Accuses Ramey of Doubling Down on Improper Conduct as Ramey Again Attacks “Certainly Troubling” Declaration
Microsoft recently renewed a motion to sanction Ramey LLP, as prior counsel for plaintiff CTD Networks LLC in a case between them. In support of its renewed motion, Microsoft submitted a declaration from “in house counsel” for CTD Eric D. Morehouse, attesting that CTD “does not have sufficient assets to satisfy Microsoft’s full fee request” and that CTD never approved the filing of a “Second Amended Complaint”, which CTD instructed Ramey LLP to dismiss. Now, Ramey LLP has responded (for the third time)—by filing a Rule 11 version of a motion for sanctions against Microsoft, two of its attorneys, and Morehouse for submitting that Morehouse declaration to the court. In support, Ramey LLP has publicly filed, among other things: (1) heavily redacted documents that reveal the settlement amounts paid by other defendants in this campaign; (2) presumably privileged emails from Morehouse colleagues while Ramey LLP still represented CTD; (3) draft claim charts still bearing the attorney-client privilege designation; and (4) early 2024 communications in which Morehouse attempts (unsuccessfully) to secure the signature of William P. Ramey III on a draft declaration intended to allay Morehouse’s investor concerns triggered by earlier Ramey statements.