Damian v. Melton et al

  1. May 29, 2024

    BakerHostetler, Crowell On Verge Of Settling Client Scam Suit

    BakerHostetler and Crowell & Moring LLP appear close to settling a malpractice suit claiming the firms aided and abetted a network of predatory websites, just days after a Florida federal judge authorized discovery into the former client's Slack messages.

  2. May 23, 2023

    Crowell & Moring Attorney Can't Stop Suit Over FTC Action

    A Florida federal judge on Tuesday declined to dismiss a legal malpractice lawsuit against an attorney and two law firms that represented a web-based company after a Federal Trade Commission enforcement action, saying the claims in the receiver's suit are sufficient to go forward.

  3. March 15, 2023

    Firms Ask Fla. Court to Drop Receiver Suit Over FTC Action

    Two law firms and an attorney sued for malpractice for representing a company that was targeted by the Federal Trade Commission over alleged fraudulent websites argued in Florida federal court on Wednesday that the suit brought by a receiver should be dismissed because the underlying enforcement actions have not concluded.

  4. February 16, 2023

    Baker And Crowell Can't Duck Scam Suit In Florida, Court Told

    The receiver for On Point Global LLC — a constellation of allegedly predatory websites sued into bankruptcy by the Federal Trade Commission — is fighting BakerHostetler LLP and Crowell & Moring LLP's efforts to escape her malpractice suit, claiming the pair's previous work for On Point clearly makes them liable.

  5. October 25, 2022

    BakerHostetler Says Web Scam Client Suit Is Too Flawed

    BakerHostetler LLP and Crowell & Moring LLP have asked a Florida federal court to junk a malpractice suit claiming the pair helped a serial scammer build a constellation of predatory websites called On Point Global LLC, claiming the suit suffers from "fatal" procedural flaws.

  6. August 17, 2022

    BakerHostetler, Crowell & Moring Sued Over Web Scam Client

    BakerHostetler and Crowell & Moring LLP have been hit with a malpractice lawsuit claiming an attorney who worked at both firms advised a serial scammer as he built a constellation of predatory websites called On Point Global LLC, which took in $85 million from unsuspecting Americans before being sued into receivership by the Federal Trade Commission.