Wake Up Call: Former Oil Executive Sues Dorsey for Malpractice

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• Dorsey & Whitney has been sued for legal malpractice by a former oil executive who claims the firm improperly handled a different malpractice claim against his former attorneys with Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath. Dorsey has denied the allegations, stating that Michael Reger hadn’t paid legal bills worth $600,000, and has blamed the firm “for the consequences of his own conduct.” (Star Tribune)
• DLA Piper has hired former UK cabinet minister Lord David Blunkett as an adviser ...