It’s always nice to see a split of authority resolved. Code of Civil Procedure section 340.6 provides that the limitations period for legal malpractice against “an attorney” is tolled while “[t]he attorney continues to represent the plaintiff regarding the specific subject matter in which the alleged wrongful act or omission occurred.” Before yesterday’s Supreme Court decision (just its second this month) in Beal Bank, SSB v. Arter & Hadden, LLP, case no. S141131(Sept. 27, 2007), the court of appeal had split on the question of whether the statute of limitations for legal malpractice is tolled against the former firm of an attorney who continues to represent the client after leaving…