The disqualification request had been made by Brad Edwards, who represents Epstein accusers in the proposed class action against JPMorgan. Rakoff also found no proof Wild gave WilmerHale confidential information that was material to the JPMorgan case, and said the bank would suffer "great prejudice" from being disqualified "so late in this litigation," five months before the Oct. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said the firm WilmerHale did not have a conflict of interest because it once represented an anti-sex trafficking group that supported Courtney Wild, one of Epstein's accusers. NEW YORK, May 11 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected an effort to disqualify the law firm defending JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) against a lawsuit by women who claim they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein and that the bank aided in the late financier's sex trafficking.
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