A Pennsylvania law firm that was tricked into sending nearly $200,000 to a bank account in Nigeria can proceed with breach of contract claims against Wells Fargo on allegations that the bank failed to live up to its promise to detect dubious transactions.

Wading into the case Perlberger Law Associates v. Wells Fargo, U.S. District Judge Gerald McHugh of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed most of the claims that Perlberger Law Associates brought against the bank, finding that they were preempted by the Pennsylvania Commercial Code. However, the judge declined to dismiss the firm’s breach of contract claims, and allowed them to proceed so further discovery could develop on the issue.

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