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Law Practice

Jan. 24, 2009

Morgan Lewis and Partner Face Fraud Claim

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and a former partner, Thomas Kohler, must face a fraud claim stemming from allegations by an electronic billboard company that the attorney cost his client a patent by making a mistake in the application, a federal judge has ruled.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and a former partner, Thomas Kohler, must face a fraud claim over allegations by an electronic billboard company that the attorney cost his client a patent by making a mistake in the application, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel dismissed Landmark Screens' legal malpractice claims against Kohler and the firm on Tuesday because the statute...

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