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146	18	Reply C. Attorney Immunity	Kassab reasserts the immunity defense, emphasizing: (1) attorney immune from liability to nonclients for conduct within scope of representation, and inquiry focuses on kind of conduct not alleged wrongfulness; (2) even criminal conduct not categorically excepted from attorney civil immunity when connected with representing a client (Bethel); (3) Highland Capital dismissed claims for illegal acquisition of stolen proprietary information on attorney immunity; (4) attorney immunity applies outside the litigation context (Haynes & Boone, Cantey Hanger, Santiago); (5) the First Court of Appeals' characterization of Kassab's conduct as arising from 'a commercial transaction involving the type of legal services Kassab provides' is 'the law of the case' per footnote 1; (6) acquisition of clients and filing of lawsuits are actions protected by attorney immunity.