Legal Opinion
Bobbitt v. Milberg, LLP
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided September 18, 2012No. CV 09-629-TUC-FRZPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
FRANK R. ZAPATA, Senior District Judge.
Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification and appointment of class counsel. For the reasons stated below, the motion is denied.1
BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs seek to certify a nationwide class action based on state based negligence and breach of fiduciary duty claims constituting legal malpractice. Plaintiffs’ current legal malpractice claims against their former class counsel arise from a nationwide class action litigated in the District of Arizona alleging securities violations based on federal law (the “Underlying Case”).
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