/PRNewswire/ The ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine (ACMGF) announced today that Marilyn C. Jones, MD, FACMG; Harry Ostrer, MD, FACMG; Lisa G..
Pursuant to
Part 130 , attorneys are obligated to undertake an investigation of a case. But is an attorney responsible for ignorance of facts which the client neglected to disclose?
“No,” says the Commercial Division.
In a recent decision by Justice Andrew Borrok, the Commercial Division discussed this very issue. In
Morgan and Mendel Genomics v Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein, LLP, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (“Einstein”) hired the law firm of Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein, LLP (“Defendant”) to assist Einstein in obtaining a patent for its new genetic testing technology, invented by Einstein employees, Dr. Ostrer and Mr. Loke. By way of background, the publication date of the technology is critical because it starts the