PEREGRINE FUNDING v. SHEPPARD

No. A104481.

35 Cal.Rptr.3d 31 (2005)

133 Cal.App.4th 658

PEREGRINE FUNDING, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

October 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rogers Joseph O'Donnell & Phillips, Pamela Phillips, Sean M. SeLegue and John S. Throckmorton, San Francisco, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller, John J. Bartko, Robert H. Bunzel and Howard L. Pearlman, San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


McGUINESS, P.J.

This case is one of several arising from the collapse of a large Ponzi scheme.1 Plaintiffs — investors who lost millions in the scheme and a bankruptcy trustee representing entities that were used to perpetrate the scheme — have sued the law firm Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP (Sheppard), claiming its negligence and affirmative misconduct helped the perpetrators of the scheme avoid detection and...

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