Milberg Malpractice Class Action Hits Wall

Plaintiffs alleging lawyers at Milberg LLP botched their securities class action still can’t get an immediate appeal of their case using a tactic recently rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit said Feb. 1.

The ruling likely means the malpractice case that has stretched on for nearly a decade is over.

In Microsoft Corp. v. Baker, the Supreme Court shut down the plaintiffs’ strategy of voluntarily dismissing their case to get immediate appeal of an adverse class certification ruling.

“As that is precisely the procedural posture here, this court lacks appellate jurisdiction over this case,” the U.S. Court ...