Civil Litigation
Jan. 22, 2026
Former Optrics counsel settles malpractice claims, denies wrongdoing
Former Optrics lead counsel Herbert Terreri settled malpractice claims for at least $1.75 million, denying wrongdoing, as pending good-faith settlements leaving Cloud9 Discovery as the sole remaining defendant.
The former lead counsel for Canadian tech company Optrics Inc. has reached a good-faith settlement with the company in a multi-attorney malpractice lawsuit in which the company says its lawyers' conduct cost them $38 million.
Herbert L. Terreri, who runs his own law firm in Sonoma County, represented Optrics alongside other attorneys in a failed 2017 federal trademark case against Barracuda Network in the Northern District of California.
That case ended after Optrics ...
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