Nixon Peabody Can't Beat Jailed Ex-Partner's Defense Suit

By Kurt Orzeck ( September 30, 2014, 8:58 PM EDT) -- A California state appeals court on Tuesday declined to toss claims brought by an imprisoned former Nixon Peabody LLP partner contending the firm should have paid for his legal defense of federal charges that he tried to cover up a client's Ponzi scheme, ruling the firm's refusal wasn't constitutionally protected activity....

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