“Long after a corporate officer incurred personal liability for transferring corporate assets in violation of a federal statute, he sued the lawyer who purportedly ‘blessed’ the transactions without warning him about the collateral consequences.” Limitations on the officer’s legal-malpractice claim against that lawyer was time-barred because Hughes tolling was not available: “[T]he legal advice Erikson provided—approving Marine’s transfer of assets to creditors—was, at best, incidental to and tangentially related to the ongoing . . . litigation.” Erikson v. Renda, No. 18-0486 (Dec. 20, 2019) (emphasis added).

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