Law Practice,
Law Office Management,
California Supreme Court,
Bankruptcy,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mar. 6, 2018
State Supreme Court says legal matters belong to clients
The state high court weighed in on what happens to active cases when a law firm goes bankrupt, ruling Monday that defunct firms don’t have a right to future profits from legal matters that their former partners take with them to new jobs.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The state Supreme Court weighed in on what happens to active cases when a law firm goes bankrupt, ruling Monday that defunct firms don't have a right to future profits from matters their former partners take with them to new jobs.
The case involves Heller Ehrman LLP, the San Francisco-based law firm that dissolved in 2008. Attorneys representing Heller's estate argued effectively in bankruptcy court that active cases...
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