Legal Opinion
Achtman v. Kirby, McInerney & Squire, LLP
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 21, 2004No. 02 Civ.9913 JESPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER AND OPINION
SPRIZZO, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, members of a class of purchasers of Bennett Funding Group securities in In re Bennett Funding Group, Inc. Securities Litigation, 96 Civ. 2583(JES) (“the underlying action”), bring this legal malpractice proposed class action against the firms representing them as co-lead class counsel, Kirby, Mclnerney & Squire, LLP and Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossman, LLP (“defendants”), alleging that defendants were negligent in failing to name Arthur Andersen (“Andersen”) as a defendant in the underlying action. Defendants move to…
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