Certain legal malpractice claims against Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney and Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld will be allowed to proceed, a federal judge ruled this week, in a case stemming from alleged conflicts of interest in the partial sale of a vending machine business.

Former client and business owner Alan Simons sued the law firms in January 2021, alleging that he lost millions of dollars as a result of the firms allegedly concealing changes to a sale agreement that favored his business partner.