Justices Ponder State Court Role in Malpractice Cases Based on U.S. Law

Lawyer malpractice cases, usually handled in state courts, rarely find their way onto the docket of the U.S. Supreme Court. But the high court on Jan. 16 took up a Texas case - not to decide if the lawyers involved really messed up, but to determine whether it should have been litigated before state court or federal court.

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