SAN FRANCISCO — The American Bar Association lined up with four large law firms in opposing the “unfinished business” doctrine that has fueled so-called clawback claims by Heller Ehrman and other bankrupt law firms.
In an amicus brief filed in the Heller case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, ABA president William Hubbard said the doctrine violates clients’ rights and distorts attorney incentives.
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