Albany Attorney Must Face Connecticut Firm’s Competition Claims

An Albany, NY attorney must face claims he tried to steal clients from his former Connecticut-based law firm, a Manhattan appellate court ruled Thursday.

New York law applies to the case even though the alleged injury occurred in Connecticut, the home base of plaintiff Zaiger LLC, the New York Supreme Court First Appellate Department said in an unsigned opinion. The dispute centers on the conduct of former Zaiger attorney William Bucher, who’s based in ...