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Attorney Immunity Bars Tortious Interference Claims Against General Counsel Advising on CEO Termination
The Fifteenth Court of Appeals granted mandamus relief to Frank Jackson, a general counsel sued for tortious interference with a former CEO's $350 million employment contract, holding that advising a multi-billion-dollar company on terminating its CEO falls squarely within the attorney-immunity defense. The court rejected the plaintiff's attempt to recharacterize Jackson's conduct as "business advice" rather than legal representation, emphasizing that the immunity analysis turns on whether the conduct is "the kind" attorneys undertake while discharging professional duties, not on how a nonclient labels it.
Chief Justice Brister