Peterson v. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP: Seventh Circuit Imposes Duty on Transactional Lawyers to Affirmatively Advise Clients | Practical Law
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Peterson v. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, held that a transactional lawyer must affirmatively advise its client entering a securitized factoring relationship on which different security arrangements are available and the potential level of risk of each of those arrangements.