Malpractice Suit Proceeds Against Paul Hastings
A New York judge has allowed a legal malpractice suit alleging faulty due diligence work by Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker to proceed. Investor Ronald Katz hired the law firm to represent him in connection with a $3 million investment in a company called Humitech. Katz claims the lawyers failed to determine that Humitech was not the beneficial owner of certain mineral rights he expected to
