Ever since a judge invalidated an agreement that could have resolved a dispute between Frank and Jamie McCourt about who owns the Los Angeles Dodgers, legal experts have been warning that the ruling puts Bingham McCutchen at risk of a malpractice claim.
Los Angeles County, Calif., Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon found on Dec. 7 that a marital property agreement signed in 2004 by the estranged couple was invalid under California law. Among other problems, he said that the contract failed to “transmute” the baseball team from community property into Frank McCourt’s separate property.
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