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Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Civil Litigation

Nov. 3, 2021

Survivors say MoFo lawyers, company drove man to suicide

“The claims asserted against Recology by the lawyers for Adam’s estate, which blame the company for his suicide, are utterly without merit. We intend to defend them vigorously,” said a statement from Recology, a waste management company.

A waste management company and lawyers from Morrison & Foerster LLP drove an accountant to kill himself, according to a lawsuit filed by the accountant's family. But the company called the allegations "utterly without merit."

The accountant, Adam Tabak, worked for Recology Inc., for 15 years before executives at the waste management company were accused of fraud and laundering millions of dollars. The lawsuit by Tabak's survivors alleg...

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