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Oops, insurance carriers did it again: eight carriers get a taste of pop tart Britney Spears who...

By Yahn, Steve
Publication: Risk & Insurance
Date: Friday, April 15 2005

If the eight British and European insurers sued by Britney Spears don't know the reputation of the star performer's New York lead attorney, they probably don't want to--unless it's to encourage them to significantly buttress their defenses.

When Risk & Insurance[R] asked John M. Callagy, chairman of Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP, if his firm regularly did work for the plaintiffs, Britney Touring Inc. and Britney Spears herself, he said no.

How, then, did his firm come to be Spears' sole legal representative?

"I was asked because I've handled eases inv

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