On an appeal from a denial of a dismissal motion, this Court found that plaintiff "has stated a cause of action for legal malpractice by alleging that `but for' defendant's failure to prepare and procure documents necessary to provide him with a first-priority security interest, he would have been able to recover the amounts owed to him by the defaulting borrower" (Garten v Shearman & Sterling LLP,
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