A Houston judge has dismissed several lawsuits filed by prolific attorney Tony Buzbee over allegations that Jay-Z and his company, Roc Nation, recruited Buzbee’s former clients to sue his law firm.
Days later, Buzbee’s law firm sued Carter and Roc Nation’s lawyers, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan, accusing them of trying to recruit current and former clients of Buzbee to sue the attorney’s firm in retaliation for the legal action against the musician.
“Buzbee filed with fury; the court ruled with finality,” said Gregg Costa, who represented an attorney from Roc Nation.
Buzbee on Thursday told the Chronicle that he would appeal the decision or “refile in a different form.”
“The conduct we have caught on tape and supported by multiple witness affidavits is egregious. I won’t allow these shady characters to come to Texas and get away with this kind of foolishness.”
Earlier this month, without directly naming Buzbee, Carter referred to the Houston lawyer as a “1-800 ambulance chaser” during a freestyle rap at the Roots Picnic music festival in Philadelphia, reviving an insult he had previously used.