Bernard Eizen's Web site bills him as a "renaissance" lawyer, but the tax and estates attorney may have bitten off more than he could chew when he ventured into the realm of intellectual property. That's the nub of a malpractice suit by former clients, who allege that Eizen's inexperience in IP law dealt such a blow to their thriving pretzel company's worth that negotiations to sell it for as much as $100 million crumbled.
January 04, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Bernard Eizen’s Web site bills him as a “renaissance” lawyer, but the tax and estates attorney may have exceeded his erudition when he ventured into the realm of intellectual property.
That’s the nub of a malpractice suit by former clients, the owners of a pretzel business who say the Philadelphia lawyer’s inexperience cost them lots of dough — $100 million’s worth.
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