Legal Opinion
Allan Diamond v. Hogan Lovells US
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 27, 2018No. 15-16326, 15-16327, 15-16328, 15-16329, 15-16330, 15-16331, 15-16332, 15-16333PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Alan B. Diamond, Trustee for Howrey LLP’s bankruptcy estate, seeks to recover profits earned from hourly-billed client matters started at Howrey, but completed at other firms that hired the former How-rey partners. He raises both a fraudulent transfer and an unjust enrichment theory of recovery. The viability of both theories turns on the answers to unresolved questions of D.C. partnership law concerning the scope of the interest, if any, that a partnership has in client matters started at the partnership but completed at another firm.
Certified Questions
Pursuant to D.C. Code § 11-723 we…
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