CHICAGO (July 16) — Judge Victor Marrero of the United States District Court of Southern New York asked the lawyers of Marichu Suarez Baoanan to withdraw the RICO claims against former Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations Lauro Liboon Baja because according to Baja’s lawyer the complaints “have no legs or factual bases” to stand on.
Marrero made the request to Baoanan’s lawyers, Ivy Suriyopas of the Asian American Legal Defense Fund (AALDEF) and Aaron Mendelsohn of Troutman Sanders LLP, during the case management conference last July 10.