Biotech company Artegraft is accusing renowned attorney James Tyrrell and his former firm, Latham & Watkins, of malpractice that cost the company more than $10 million. Artegraft claims Tyrrell and the firm convinced it to sue Johnson & Johnson in a contract dispute based on a legally unfounded patent theory. Latham says Artegraft was a savvy client that was aware of the risks and is now trying to avoid paying $1.6 million in bills. The litigation comes as Tyrrell leads a 30-lawyer exodus to Patton & Boggs.
April 26, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A New Jersey biotechnology company is accusing a leading product-liability and toxic-tort lawyer, James Tyrrell Jr., of giving fraudulent and negligent advice that cost the client more than $10 million.
In the late 1990s, Tyrrell and his firm, Latham & Watkins in Newark, convinced Artegraft Inc. of North Brunswick to pursue Johnson & Johnson in a contract dispute using a patent theory that Tyrrell manufactured without legal foundation, a suit filed in Middlesex County alleges.
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