Dechert Liable For Client’s Loss Despite Court’s ‘Error’

Dechert LLP is on the hook for millions of dollars that a client purportedly lost because of an erroneous judicial ruling that Dechert had argued against, the Massachusetts Supreme Court held Oct. 11 (Kiribati Seafood Co. v. Dechert LLP, 2017 BL 363529, Mass., No. SJC-12287, 10/11/17).

The decision resolved a vigorously litigated case against Dechert that raised a complex legal malpractice question: who caused the client to suffer a litigation loss that was attributable to both judicial error and attorney ...