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July 16, 1999 | Law.com

$61 Million Suit Against Firm Claims Breach of Duty, Malpractice

A life insurance company that claims its $26 million investment vanished when a law firm helped a businessman loot the assets of a suburban Philadelphia company he controlled has filed a legal malpractice lawsuit that seeks $61 million in damages. The complaint contends that Duane Morris & Heckscher's simultaneous representation of both the company, Benchmark Holdings Inc., and the company's controlling shareholder, Michael T. Kennedy, led to malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty by the law firm.
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March 01, 2007 | Law.com

Firm Fights to Keep Fighting Its Ex-Client

For a Georgia judge Tuesday, the key questions in a dispute involving Duane Morris were: "Did the law firm create a conflict of interest when it agreed to represent a Georgia client against a large corporation, even as it represented another division of the same company in a Pennsylvania bankruptcy? And despite the end of the Pennsylvania case and Duane Morris' withdrawal from it, is the firm still conflicted from the Georgia case?" For an attorney appearing for McKesson Corp., the answer was a firm "yes."
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September 01, 2006 | National Law Journal

Conflict Claim Sours Big Firm's Work With Health Giant

Accusations of bad faith, breach of loyalty and attorney activity "bordering on extortion" are flying in Fulton County Superior Court, where medical conglomerate McKesson wants to have the Duane Morris firm disqualified from representing two Georgians against a McKesson subsidiary. At issue is whether Duane Morris' representation of the Georgians against McKesson Information Solutions, while serving as local counsel for two other McKesson subsidiaries in Harrisburg, Pa., is a conflict of interest.
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March 26, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Duane Morris Launches in Oman with Joint Venture

Duane Morris has opened an office in Muscat, Oman, through a joint venture with Al Mashaikhi and Partners Law Firm.
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March 26, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Duane Morris Launches in Oman With Joint Venture

Duane Morris has opened an office in Muscat, Oman, through a joint venture with Al Mashaikhi and Partners Law Firm.
6 minute read
November 21, 2005 | National Law Journal

Firms spar over blame in alleged patent failure

Facing a negligence suit by an ex-client, Coudert Brothers is trying to deflect blame to the next place the client took its business-Duane Morris.
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January 03, 2007 | The Recorder

Duane Morris Asks for New McKesson Trial

Duane Morris also is asking that a permanent injunction against it be lifted, despite a suit by health care company McKesson Corp. claiming a conflict of interest.
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February 14, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Duane Morris defeats claim of malpractice

A Philadelphia jury Wednesday cleared Duane Morris of a claim of legal malpractice for its representation of a former client in settlement negotiations, according to attorneys in the case.The eight-member jury found the firm did not breach the standard of care or breach any fiduciary duty when its client signed a settlement agreement that provided no security, the attorneys said.
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February 07, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Legal malpractice case against Duane Morris begins

The $1.6 million legal malpractice claim against Duane Morris revolves in large part around whether a settlement agreement the firm helped its client reach should have provided security in the event the other side did not pay up, according to attorneys in the case. In opening statements Tuesday in Adlerstein v. Duane Morris, physicist Joseph K.
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September 10, 2001 | Law.com

Duane Morris Hire Can Keep Job in Chicago Office

An Illinois appellate court has ruled that Michael A. Reiter, an attorney in Duane Morris & Heckscher's Chicago office, can keep his job. The decision affirms a trial judge's opinion that an ethical screen erected between Reiter -- who at a previous firm had represented the plaintiff, which is suing Duane Morris for legal malpractice -- and his new firm adequately protected the insurance company.
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