Ted Wells Hired to Defend N.J. Governor in Tax-Breaks Lawsuit

May 23, 2019, 8:51 PM UTC

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has hired Ted Wells Jr.—one of the nation’s most prominent trial attorneys and a leader of the National Football League’s “Deflategate” inquiry—to represent him in a lawsuit brought by a Democratic political boss seeking to end a tax-incentives inquiry.

Wells, 69, in 2008 represented Citigroup Inc. against allegations that it had conspired with Parmalat SpA to aid and abet fraud. Wells won after a five-month trial and scored a $364 million counter-claim. In 2012 he settled a major lawsuit involving Bank of America Corp.’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. and federal regulatory investigations ...

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