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Perspective

Mar. 26, 2013

Negligent lawyers still cannot SLAPP their former clients

Contrary to the synopsis of a 2012 decision, negligent lawyers still cannot file anti-SLAPP motions or indemnity claims in legal malpractice lawsuits. By Thomas Trapani


By Thomas Trapani


The synopsis for Chodos v. Cole, 210 Cal. App. 4th 692 (2012), proclaimed: "Lawyer sued for attorney malpractice in connection with settlement of divorce proceeding may sue other lawyers who independently reviewed the settlement." If true, this decision would reverse long-standing precedent barring a defendant lawyer's indemnity claim against the former client's other lawyers in California legal malpractice actions. Howe...

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