Cleaving to Clients and Colleagues: Attorney Liability for Tortious Interference

Voigt, Eric

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Cleaving to Clients and Colleagues: Attorney Liability for Tortious Interference

Eric Voigt

Faulkner University, Jones School of Law

December 1, 2010

Young Lawyer, American Bar Association, Vol. 15, No. 3, December 2010-January 2011

Abstract:
Are you an attorney who is thinking about soliciting clients of a competing law firm or leaving your current firm and taking clients and colleagues with you? You should pause before doing so and consider the possibility of being liable for a claim of tortious interference.

This short article explains when attorneys could be liable for tortious interference and discusses several acts that are improper and actionable (such as taking client files with you).

Number of Pages in PDF File: 1

Keywords: tortious interference, tortuous interference, interference, interferer

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Date posted: February 17, 2011 ; Last revised: March 12, 2013

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Voigt, Eric, Cleaving to Clients and Colleagues: Attorney Liability for Tortious Interference (December 1, 2010). Young Lawyer, American Bar Association, Vol. 15, No. 3, December 2010-January 2011 . Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1762195

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