My latest update on the somewhat complicated legal battle in the ongoing Mike Miske racketeering case was published Wednesday afternoon at Civil Beat (“Judge: Miske Can Keep A Key Defense Attorney“).

Accused racketeering boss Michael J. Miske will retain at least one of his original criminal defense attorneys after a federal judge decisively rejected an attempt by federal prosecutors to disqualify Miske’s two lead counsels, Thomas Otake and Lynn Panagakos, due to alleged legal conflicts of interest.

In a court order filed in Honolulu’s U.S. District Court Tuesday morning, Judge Derrick K. Watson ruled the government had failed to back up its generalized and “speculative” allegations about supposed conflicts, and failed to provide evidence of any actual conflict.

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