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: New York Attorney Malpractice BlogFederal Question Jurisdiction in Legal Malpractice
By (Andrew Lavoott Bluestone)
Legal malpractice is a wholly state cause of action, and might be brought in Federal District Court only if there is a basis for jurisdiction. Diversity jurisdiction is the one most quickly thought of, but in certain circumstances federal question jurisdiction may also apply. Questions of legal malpractice in a patent representation is one such example. Here, the case of Immunocept v. Fulbright & Jaworsky provides a discussion of why it may [and on removal, must] be brought in Federal District Court. There they say:
"Because the claim scope determination involved in the malpractice claim presents a substantial question of patent law, we conclude that jurisdiction is proper under section 1338."
Full post as published by New York Attorney Malpractice Blog on February 13, 2008 (boomark / email).
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