Retired Justice Barry Kamins, who currently works for the Brooklyn law firm Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins, was the latest member of the legal community to be escorted out of a MSG Entertainment facility over the weekend. MSG has a policy in place that bans any lawyers connected to any lawsuit against it from attending their events using facial-recognition technology, a policy that may be violating civil rights laws.
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Justice Barry Kamins was spending a Saturday evening with his family — the plan was to attend Cirque Du Solei and then go to dinner afterward. However, the retired judge didn’t make it past the entry at the MSG Theater when alarms started going off.
These actions stem from MSG’s policy, implemented by CEO James Dolan, which prohibits attorneys from firms engaged in active litigation against the company from attending events at their venues.
“I was with my grandkids, my daughter, and when I went through the entrance bells started going off and I was immediately pulled aside,” Kamins recalled. “They explained that I was on a list of firms that have lawsuits against MSG. I was worried about my 8-year-old grandson because I was concerned that he was going to look at me like I’m a bad person.”
Justice Kamins admitted that his firm was notified that this situation could happen when Aidala, Bertuna and Kamins took on a client who was suing MSG Entertainment nearly a year ago. However, he explained that since he is not a part of the lawsuit himself, has no idea who the client even is, and since he wasn’t going to MSG itself but the theater next door, that he might be able to get away with enjoying a night off with his family.
Now, Kamins may be the latest to join in lawsuits against MSG Entertainment.
“There is a civil rights law that may be violated,” Kamins said. “The policy they have explains that by allowing lawyers into their facilities it would be injurious to their employees, I’m not sure…
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