Federal Circuit: Legal-Mal Suits With Patent Infringement Elements Belong in Federal Court
When a claim of patent infringement is a necessary element of a legal malpractice suit, those suits should be tried in federal court, the Federal Circuit has ruled in a case of first impression. The appeals court upheld a ruling that denied a request by Akin Gump and a Corpus Christi, Texas-based firm to remand a malpractice suit to state court. The opinion may lead to all sorts of legal
