U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake of the District of Maryland has issued an opinion denying a D.C. law firm's motion for summary judgment in a suit brought by a former client for alleged malpractice in defending him in a criminal matter. Among other things, the opinion analyzes the interrelationship of D.C. law governing limited liability partnerships and general partnerships and the issue of apparent authority to bind a partnership during the winding up period between dissolution and termination.