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Polsinelli Podcast - Avoiding Professional Liability
A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada highlights the importance of analyzing whether a defendant law firm has a viable jurisdictional defense, even when the law firm has a global footprint....more
China Auto Logistics, Inc. v. DLA Piper, LLP, Case No. 2:20-cv-00646, USDC, Dist. Nevada, March 3, 2021 - A Nevada federal judge tossed a legal malpractice suit against a global firm, finding that the firm was not subject...more
Allied Fitting LP v. Steptoe & Johnson LLP et al., No. 4:20-cv-03447 (S.D. Tex. Jan. 21, 2021) - Brief Summary - A Texas federal district court dismissed a legal malpractice action brought by an international steel...more
R.M. v. Dennis, Jackson, Martin & Fontela, P.A., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68115 Brief Summary - Utah's federal district court granted a motion to dismiss filed by a Florida-based law firm and its associate (collectively...more
Brook, as Trustee of the David North II Trust, successor to the assets of Cortina Financial, Inc. v. McCormley, et al., No. 16-4255 (7th Cir. 2017) Brief Summary - The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's...more
In Moncrief v. Clark (H040098, filed July 21, 2015), the California Court of Appeal, Sixth District, held that an out-of-state attorney’s phone call and e-mail to a California attorney, pertaining to a deal between their...more
Many M&A transactions are negotiated across state lines. When an out-of-state lawyer misrepresents facts in a phone call and email to a lawyer in California, do those communications render the foreign lawyer amenable to suit...more
For nearly two decades, the Federal Circuit has applied a lenient standard for federal jurisdiction that routinely sweeps state law claims into the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts merely because the claims...more