Legal Opinion
Bergstein v. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 1, 2015No. B244896UnpublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRIMES, J.—
SUMMARY
The plaintiffs in this case (David Bergstein and affiliated business entities) sued the lawyers who represented their adversaries (David Molner and others) in litigation over various financial transactions. Plaintiffs asserted that the lawyers engaged in illegal conduct when they “solicited and received . . . confidential, privileged, and/or proprietary information” from plaintiffs’ former attorney, and used that information “in devising the legal strategy to be employed” in the litigation against plaintiffs.
The defendant lawyers filed a special motion to strike the…
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