Duane Morris LLP must face a legal malpractice lawsuit brought by a freight forwarding company accusing the law firm of wrongly backing the corporate client’s founder in embezzlement allegations, a California appeals court ruled on Monday.
Intelligent SCM LLC sued Duane Morris and partner, Russell Roten, alleging they breached their fiduciary and loyalty duties in connection with litigation accusing ISCM’s founder, Andrew Scott, of embezzling company funds. Scott personally retained Roten, who was previously hired as ISCM’s general counsel, in response to the allegations of financial improprieties.
ISCM also sued Scott for allegedly aiding and abetting the law firm’s actions ...
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