Legal Opinion
Exact Software North America v. Infocon Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 23, 2013No. 12-3538PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
This software-licensing dispute became more intriguing after the parties settled it. On the eve of settlement, Infocon, a software distributor, fired its lawyer, J. Fox DeMoisey. Hoping to ensure that he got paid for his work, DeMoisey placed a charging lien on the settlement proceeds. Exact delivered the $4 million settlement to the district court, which distributed most of it to Infocon and placed the remaining $1.2 million in escrow pending resolution of the fee dispute. Nine months later, Infocon sued DeMoisey in Kentucky state court for malpractice. After…
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