Alston & Bird Beats Suit Disputing $10M in Legal Fees

Alston & Bird rightfully got out early from a client’s suit alleging the firm’s negligence cost the client an extra $10 million in legal fees, a New York appeals court in Manhattan said Jan. 26 (Brookwood Cos., Inc. v Alston & Bird LLP, 2017 BL 22748, N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dept., No. 653723/14, 1/26/17).

The complaint just lodged “hindsight arguments” about what Alston & Bird allegedly did wrong in defending a client in a patent infringement suit, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department said.

Usually malpractice plaintiffs are suing because they lost the underlying case. ...