Matthew B Weisberg

March 23, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

There are practitioners who are de facto immune from an action in recompense from even their own admitted neglect.

By Matthew B. Weisberg

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February 09, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

In In re Grand Jury, No. 21-1397 (U.S. May 2, 2022), the court is struggling as to the application of the attorney-client privilege when the communication contains both legal and nonlegal advice.

By Matthew B. Weisberg

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December 22, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Muhammad prohibited "settling and suing" by second-guessing settlement valuations except in the case of fraudulent inducement—which is to be pleaded with specificity (fraud exception).

By Matthew B. Weisberg

5 minute read

July 28, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

If you have been watching the Jan. 6 Insurrection hearings, the news, or even listening to Howard Stern, you will know that on July 18, a jury was chosen in the criminal (congressional) contempt trial: United States v. Bannon.

By Matthew B. Weisberg

8 minute read

June 16, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Legal malpractice plaintiffs' (former clients) actions are filled with written discovery requests—by legal malpractice defendants (former attorneys).

By Matthew B. Weisberg

6 minute read

March 17, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Unless an issue in an attorney liability case is outside of common understanding, an expert opinion will generally be required to assist the jury as to the standard of care.

By Matthew B. Weisberg

6 minute read

January 20, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Green v. Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania (Appeal of Jared A. Jacobson), A.3d, (Pa.Super.), reversed the uncontested motion for sanctions against plaintiffs counsel (Jacobson) following the counsel's failure to both file a certificate of merit and respond in opposition to the motion for sanctions.

By Matthew B. Weisberg

5 minute read

September 23, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

As attorneys whom focus much of our practice on plaintiff (client-consumer) attorney liabilities (specifically, legal malpractice), we see many forms of damages.

By Matthew B. Weisberg

5 minute read

August 12, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Does Muhammad's "settle and sue" prohibition—against legal malpractice plaintiffs from bringing a legal malpractice action thereafter settlement—prohibit a legal malpractice action upon an underlying action's compromised settlement arising from attorney defendants' legal defects, in the absence of fraud?

By Matthew B. Weisberg

5 minute read

June 17, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The statute of limitations for an action in legal malpractice is: negligence—two years; and breach of contract—four years.

By Matthew B. Weisberg

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