A legal malpractice claim against Chicago-based McDermott, Will & Emery can proceed to trial based on an opinion letter the firm provided to the plaintiff, an investor in one of the firm's clients. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam wrote that courts had "clearly recognized ... that under certain circumstances, an attorney can be liable to third parties, not in privity, for harm caused by professional negligence."
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Malpractice Claim Against McDermott Goes Forward
New York Law Journal
October 29, 2003
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