California Courts of Appeal
Aug. 30, 2014
Latham faces damages for pursuing allegedly malicious lawsuit
Latham & Watkins will have to defend its decision to pursue a questionable and arguably malicious lawsuit in front of a jury, a state court of appeal has ruled in a decision that could expose the firm to millions of dollars in penalties.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Latham & Watkins LLP will have to defend its decision to pursue a questionable and arguably malicious lawsuit in front of a jury, a state court of appeal has ruled in a decision that could expose the firm to millions of dollars in penalties.
"Latham pursued an obviously meritless claim," one that "no reasonable attorney" would have believed, wrote Justice Joan Dempsey Klein of ...
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