Did Sony Music and RCA have an advantage over singer Kesha when New York Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich tossed out her case against producer Dr. Luke in April?
Kornreich’s husband, lawyer Ed Kornreich, is a partner at Proskauer Rose, a firm that counts Sony/RCA as a client.
The FBI is probing powerful Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Marylin Diamond and two colleagues on the bench – Justices Shirley Kornreich and Judith Gische – for allegedly doling out judicial favors to friends and associates, sources close to the case said.
Agents in the FBI’s 14-member corruption unit are examining a series of complex ties that link the judges to various people and firms appearing before them in dozens of cases.
At least 30 litigants have been interviewed by FBI agents, who are seeking to determine whether undisclosed personal interests motivated the judges’ rulings.
