A New York lawyer who is accused of wrongly advising a company to sign an unfavorable contract escaped a lawsuit in Texas because an attorney-client relationship wasn’t enough for a court in that state to have jurisdiction over him.
While an attorney-client relationship existed between Hinduja Global Solution, Inc. and Ali Ganjaei, there’s no evidence the lawyer sought clients or otherwise affirmatively promoted personal business in Texas, the Texas Court of Appeals, Fifth District said, affirming the trial court’s decision.
Dallas-based Synergy Global Outsourcing LLC brought a lawsuit in Texas for breach of contract against HGSI, with whom it had ...
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