For the second time in her bitter custody battle with playboy ex-husband Kevin Federline, Britney Spears has been canned by her legal team. Trope and Trope Law Firm tells TMZ: “there has been a breakdown in communications between [Britney] and Trope and Trope making further representation of her interests impossible.”

“A lawyer cannot simply withdraw from a case,” Trope said. “We will ask the court to relieve us, which will be heard within a month’s time.”

A failure to communicate, huh? That’s legal speak for: “This nutcase won’t listen a word we say and she’s making us look bad.”

It’s unlikely that anyone who doesn’t hail from the Planet Cheeto would be able to communicate with Britney. Maybe they could try babbling?