Can an attorney be held liable for advising a client to breach a contract?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Thomas v. Peddie, B291513 (Cal. App. 2019):
11. As this court observed in Schick v. Lerner (1987) 193 Cal.App.3d 1321, "absent extraordinary circumstances, an attorney may not be held liable for urging a client to breach a contract with some third party." (Id. at p. 1329.)
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