23 July 2024
US lawyers for units of the troubled Indian tech firm Byju’s want to quit defending their clients in a bankruptcy dispute, blaming “an irreparable breakdown” with the companies and a board member accused of lying in court to help hide $533 million from disgruntled lenders.
In an unusual move, two law firms representing Riju Ravindran, brother of Byju’s founder, filed papers Friday in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, claiming their clients have failed to cooperate in their own defense. Lawyers representing Byju’s ally William C. Morton, the founder of a small Florida hedge fund, also sought court permission to quit.
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