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: It's (Barely) LegalLawyer's Liability for Baseless Claims
By Glen Ashman
New Jersey Law Journal
New Jersey's Supreme Court will review a case that could decide whether a lawyer is liable for furthering a client's illegitimate purpose in pursuing litigation. The resolution will have implications for lawyers involved in what a court may deem a strategic lawsuit against public participation, or SLAPP suit, which can invite counterclaims for malicious use of process. The case also raises the question of what a client must show to rely on the advice-of-counsel defense where a claim is found to be baseless.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1201687555603
Full post as published by It's (Barely) Legal on January 31, 2008 (boomark / email).
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