California Appeals Court Orders Reconsideration of Legal Malpractice Claims in Fee Dispute Case

A California appeals panel recently identified an error in a trial court’s decision to exclude references to underlying legal malpractice allegations in a fee recovery trial involving a San Francisco lawyer and his former clients. The panel determined that although these malpractice claims were “effectively abandoned,” they had not yet reached a final judgment on their merits. This finding has led to the remanding of the case for further consideration. For more details, you can visit the original article on Law360.