Legal Opinion
Hogan Lovells US LLP v. Howrey LLP
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California
Decided June 3, 2015No. Case Nos. 14-cv-04882-JD, 14-cv-04883-JD, 14-cv-04884-JD, 14-cv-04885-JD, 14-cv-04886-JD, 14-CV-04887-JD, 14-cv-04888-JD, 14-cv-04889-JDPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON APPEAL
JAMES DONATO, District Judge
Eight law firms that provided legal services to former clients of debtor How-rey LLP appeal the bankruptcy court’s denial of their motions to dismiss. The debtor’s trustee filed complaints in the bankruptcy court seeking to recover profits from the eight firms after they hired former Howrey partners and were engaged by former Howrey clients. Some of the defendants acquired the partners before Howrey dissolved, others both before and after. Interpreting the law of the District of Columbia, where Howrey operated as a limited liability partnership…
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