Hogan & Hartson is being sued for malpractice by a client who alleges the firm used confidential attorney-client information to boost a competitor. Prestige Brands claims that lawyers at the firm breached their retainer agreement and committed legal malpractice by helping another company get a competing dental product on the market. Prestige Brands' general counsel says he learned that Hogan was working for a competitor from the Food and Drug Administration's Web site.
March 16, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Hogan & Hartson is being sued for malpractice by a client who alleges the firm used attorney-client information to boost a competitor.
In the complaint, filed in Washington, D.C., Superior Court last month, Prestige Brands Inc., makers of household products like Comet and Compound W, claims lawyers at Hogan & Hartson breached their retainer agreement and committed legal malpractice by helping another company get a competing product on the market.
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