Manhattan Appeals Court Tosses Legal Mal Claims but Reinstates Breach-of-Contract Claims Against Hunton Andrews Kurth

The Appellate Division, First Department has ruled that an affidavit submitted by the then-president of Bison Capital Corp. stating he had "expressly instructed" Hunton, in an underlying lawsuit in which the firm represented Bison, "to place liens on the judgment debtor's assets," sufficiently stated "a claim for breach of contract" when reviewing the motion to dismiss the complaint.

January 15, 2021 at 03:25 PM

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Jason Grant
Staff reporter

In an extensive legal malpractice and breach-of-contract suit lodged against the law firm formerly known as Hunton & Williams by a Wall Street investment firm, a state appeals court has upheld a Manhattan Supreme Court Commercial Division justice's dismissal of legal malpractice based on various theories. But, in a reversal, the court also ruled that part of the plaintiff's breach-of-contact claim against the law firm, now known as Hunton Andrews Kurth after a merger, must go forward.