White & Case, LLP v. Suez, SA

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.H.O.), entered February 10, 2004, which, in an action by a law firm against a former client for a declaration that the claims of legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract asserted by the client against the law firm in an earlier commenced action in Illinois are time-barred and meritless, granted the client’s motion to dismiss the action on the ground of another action pending, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The law firm, headquartered in New York, alleges that it provided legal services to the client,…