Malpractice Suit Against Texas Lawyer Over Search IP Can Proceed

A malpractice claim against a Texas lawyer who allegedly worked with a client to steal the intellectual property of his business partner can proceed after a Texas appeals court ruled that the statute of limitations hadn’t started until the client’s bankruptcy litigation appeals ended.

White Nile Software Inc., a search engine start-up, sued lawyer Jeffrey Travis years after it retained its legal malpractice claims following several legal battles between two business partners that founded the company, Steven Thrasher and Edward Mandel.

Thrasher alleged that Mandel and Travis conspired to relieve him of his intellectual property as the White Nile company ...