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Law Practice

Nov. 15, 2011

Former partner can be sued for failing to disclose discipline proceedings

A law firm can sue a former partner who didn't disclose he was about to be suspended from law practice when the partnership was created.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - A now-defunct law firm can sue a former partner who didn't disclose he was about to be suspended from law practice when the partnership was created, an appellate court has ruled.


John M. Heurlin argued that his former partners' causes of action against him for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty violated California's anti-SLAPP (or strategic lawsuit against public partici...

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