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COWAN LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN, P.C. v. KAPLAN

No. SC03-59.

902 So.2d 755 (2005)

COWAN LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN, P.C., et al., Petitioners, v. Donald KAPLAN, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Besvinick of Hogan and Hartson, LLP, Miami, FL on behalf of Cowan, Liebowitz and Latman, P.C.; Robert Michael Klein and Marlene S. Reiss of Stephens, Lynn, Klein, Lacava, Hoffman and Puya, Miami, FL on behalf of Stephen M. Rosenberg and James J. D'Esposito; Caryn Bellus of Kubicki Draper, P.A., Miami, FL on behalf of Franzino and Rosenberg, P.C.; and Deborah Poore Knight of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder and Carson Corporate Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL on behalf of Marshall Platt, Marshall Douglas Platt, P.A., Jack B. Packer, P.A. and Packer and Platt, for Petitioner.

Steven E. Stark and David A. Friedman of Fowler White Burnett, P.A., Miami, FL, for Respondent.

Daniel S. Green of Ullman and Kurpiers, LLC and Tracy Raffles Gunn of Fowler, White, Boggs and Banker, P.A, Tampa, FL on behalf of Florida Defense Lawyers' Association and Paul Steven Singerman, Ilyse M. Homer and Paul A. Avron of Berger Singerman, P.A., Miami, FL on behalf of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar, as Amici Curiae.

CANTERO, J.

In this case, we decide whether a potential plaintiff may assign a legal malpractice claim involving the preparation of private placement memoranda. In two prior cases, we allowed the assignment of other types of claims, contrasting them to claims for legal malpractice, which we stated were not assignable. See Forgione v. Dennis Pirtle Agency, Inc., 701 So.2d 557 (Fla.1997) (permitting the assignment of...

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