Firms Fend Off More Malpractice Actions as Failed Deals Fuel Suits

Law firms are having mixed success in dismissing a growing number of high-dollar malpractice and fraud claims brought over failed corporate deals. In the past few years, law firms have faced some of the most aggressive and expensive malpractice and fraud lawsuits over their corporate work, with several seeking more than $100 million in damages. Among them are Mayer Brown, Clifford Chance and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

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