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CORNWELL ENTERTAINMENT v. ANCHIN, BLOCK & ANCHIN

No. 15-1858.

830 F.3d 18 (2016)

CORNWELL ENTERTAINMENT, INC., f/k/a Cornwell Enterprises, Inc., f/k/a CEI Enterprises, Inc.; Patricia D. Cornwell; Staci Gruber, Ph.D., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. ANCHIN, BLOCK & ANCHIN, LLP; Evan Snapper, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 18, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan A. Lukey , with whom Stuart M. Glass , Justin J. Wolosz , Kevin C. Quigley , and Choate Hall & Stewart LLP Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellants.

Carter G. Phillips , with whom Eric D. McArthur , Jennifer J. Clark , Christopher A. Eiswerth , Washington, DC, Jack W. Pirozzolo , Boston, MA, Sidley Austin LLP, Thomas R. Manisero , and Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP, White Plains, NY, were on brief, for appellees.

Before Lynch, Thompson, and Barron, Circuit Judges.

This appeal arises from a district court's decision to reverse a jury's $51 million award to a well-known crime novelist, her spouse, and her corporation against their former business managers. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

I.

The following facts are not in dispute. Patricia Cornwell is...

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