A month after a trial judge explained why Reed Smith’s mandatory arbitration agreement in a client engagement letter was unenforceable, the law firm withdrew its appeal, dashing the chance for the first-impression issue to reach the state’s appellate courts.
On Jan. 14, Reed Smith withdrew its interlocutory appeal in Batoff v. Widin, a legal malpractice case filed against the firm by a former client who said Reed Smith shouldn’t have advised him to reach a $20.5 million settlement with his insurer after his Villanova mansion burned down.
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