Banned: New York’s Civil Rights Law Sec. 40-b Can Be a Backstop to Madison Square Garden’s Efforts to Ban Adverse Counsel

By Joseph N. Polito, of Davidoff Hutcher & Citron Over the past several months, Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (“MSG”) has garnered significant attention – and derision – for its decision to ban all of the lawyers from any law firm that represents a client adverse to MSG from all of its venues in both New York City and Chicago. These venues include iconic locations such as Radio City Music Hall, the Chicago Theatre, the Beacon Theatre, the Theatre at Madison Square Gard