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1st Circuit Affirms Firms Negligence for Failing to Rely on ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a district court's finding that a Maine firm specializing in admiralty law had breached its duty of care in advising a former client to settle a $267,000 maritime lien without properly considering more recent case law that had been successfully argued by the same attorney presently at issue.

Maine

December 15, 2023, 8:55 AM

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