Legal Spat Over Avondale Asbestos Representation Sent Back To State Court

(October 7, 2019, 12:27 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Former Avondale Industries Inc. counsel’s legal action claiming that it dismantled and merged into another firm based on false assurances that a combined entity would continue representing the company in asbestos litigation heads back to state court after a federal judge in Louisiana on Sept. 27 found misrepresentation claims against nondiverse defendants sufficient (Lee & Perles LLP, et al. v. Resolute Management, et al., No. 19-11774, E.D. La.)....

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