One order of coq au vin—but hold the metal wire, s’il vous plaît.

When Barry Brett started in on the French chicken dish at celebrity chef Daniel Boulud’s DB Bistro Moderne in New York City back in February, the retired Troutman Sanders antitrust head had no way of knowing that he would face a near-death experience just days later, said his lawyer Elizabeth Eilender, of counsel at New York’s Jaroslawicz & Jaros.