Sue C Jacobs

July 20, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In her Professional Liability Insurance column, Sue C. Jacobs of Goodman & Jacobs discusses legal malpractice policies, including possible traps in the application concerning prior or potential claims, the insurer's duty to defend, types of policies and extended reporting periods.

By Sue C. Jacobs

8 minute read

July 21, 2010 | New York Law Journal

In their Professional Liability column, Norman B. Arnoff and Sue C. Jacobs, a member of Goodman & Jacobs, review current cases and discern the key and outcome determinative principles that lead to better loss prevention and risk avoidance in one's practice, and effective defenses when lawsuits are commenced.

By Norman B. Arnoff and Sue C. Jacobs

10 minute read

August 13, 2010 | New York Law Journal

In their Professional Liability column, attorney Norman B. Arnoff and Sue C. Jacobs, a member of Goodman & Jacobs, discuss the lawyer's judgment rule, the applicable statute of limitations, the continuous representation tolling doctrine and a recent New York Court of Appeals case that rules out strict privity in professional liability cases.

By Norman B. Arnoff and Sue C. Jacobs

12 minute read

January 14, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In their Professional Liability feature, solo practitioner Norman B. Arnoff and Sue C. Jacobs of Goodman & Jacobs address whether non-client plaintiffs have a viable cause of action for accounting malpractice after an accountant's material misstatements or if they are restricted to a fraud cause of action that can be asserted independent of a client relationship.

By Norman B. Arnoff and Sue C. Jacobs

17 minute read

April 07, 2003 | New York Law Journal

By Norman B. Arnoff And Sue C. Jacobs

15 minute read

August 08, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Norman B. Arnoff, an attorney, and Sue C. Jacobs, a member of Goodman & Jacobs, write that Judge Lewis A. Kaplan recently concluded justice is not done when the government uses the threat of indictment to a company and the company threatens the former employees, depriving them of the means of defending themselves.

By Norman B. Arnoff And Sue C. Jacobs

8 minute read

April 08, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Norman B. Arnoff, a New York City practitioner, and Sue C. Jacobs, a member of Goodman & Jacobs, write: We owe it to ourselves as members of a profession with the greatest of aspirations, and to the clients whom we serve to articulate and adhere to the highest standards of ethical billing. Making the Code of Professional Responsibility more intelligible is certainly a good starting point.

By Norman B. Arnoff and Sue C. Jacobs

20 minute read

June 10, 2002 | New York Law Journal

I n recent court actions involving attorneys, the government successfully moved to disqualify counsel. In one, counsel will be required to testify in a criminal action against his client; in the other, the client dismissed the government-targeted counsel rather than fight the disqualification. In a third, the Second Circuit affirmed two attorneys` convictions of a conspiracy to defraud and held it was not necessary to prove intent only that the consequences of the actions be reasonably foreseeable. In the f

By Norman B. Arnoff And Sue C. Jacobs

8 minute read

March 29, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In their Professional Liability column, solo practitioner Norman B. Arnoff and Sue C. Jacobs of Goodman & Jacobs write: Privity is one of the key and most dynamic concepts in the law of professional liability, especially with respect to accountants. By examining the law in sister states, it becomes more apparent "privity" generally is no longer the rule or determining fact in professional liability cases irrespective of the professional status.

By Norman B. Arnoff and Sue C. Jacobs

16 minute read

August 23, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Norman B. Arnoff, a New York City practitioner, and Sue C. Jacobs, a member of Goodman & Jacobs, write that ethical obligations and statutory mandates substantially dilute or eliminate accountants' confidentiality obligations when their fundamental duties are to facilitate material reporting and disclosure in the capital markets, financial services, business, personal and family wealth contexts.

By Norman B. Arnoff and Sue C. Jacobs

16 minute read