California Supreme Court
Jun. 8, 2017
State high court skeptical of malicious conduct charge against firm
Justice Goodwin Liu suggested plaintiffs' lawyers were making a "very banal" point about legal procedure: That evidence emerged after a summary judgment ruling questioning the wisdom of said ruling.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES — The state Supreme Court was skeptical at oral arguments Tuesday that a Latham & Watkins LLP partner had brought a case so weak that the lawyer and his law firm should face malicious conduct charges.
Stuart B. Esner of Esner, Chang & Boyer, representing plaintiffs William Parrish and E. Timothy Fitzgibbons, acknowledged that Latham partner Dan...
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