Lawyers Can Be Sued for Allegedly Violating Confidentiality Deal in Monster Energy Suit
The ABA Journal reports that a lawyer who sued Monster Energy in the cardiac death of a teenager can be sued for allegedly violating a confidentiality clause that was part of the case settlement.
The California Supreme Court has ruled that Monster Energy could sue Bruce Schechter and his firm, the R. Rex Parris Law Firm, based on language in the agreement that could be construed to bind the attorneys, reports the Journal‘s Debra Cassens Weiss.
Schecter argued that he and the firm weren’t bound by the confidentiality clause because he signed the agreement under the preprinted notation “approved as to form and content.” Schechter said the notation meant he was approving the agreement only for his clients’ signatures.
