United States Second Circuit

In a law firm's bankruptcy proceedings in federal district court in New York, in which a corporation filed a claim based on a pending legal malpractice action against the firm in Connecticut: 1) the portion of the district court's order affirming the bankruptcy court's order disallowing the claim for failure to comply with a statute of limitations under New York choice-of-law rules is vacated; and 2) the portion of the district court’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s denial of the corporation’s motion for reconsideration is reversed and the case is remanded to the district court with instructions to remand in part to the bankruptcy court with instructions to apply Connecticut’s choice-of-law rules in deciding the corporation's motion to reconsider.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/28/2012
• Published 02/28/2012

Judges

• Hall

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward J.M. Little, Karen S. Frieman