New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Andrew Lavoott Bluestone | November 5, 2018
The attorney-client relationship has a limited lifespan. Generally, it is a project-based temporary business relationship, albeit a fiduciary one. Whether the representation is short or long, transactional or litigation based, it must someday end. It may end with settlement or a verdict in litigation, it may end at the completion of a transaction, or it may end in the middle.
Daily Report Online | Commentary
By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair | November 5, 2018
In many instances, the most relevant analysis is the type of legal work performed by the practice, rather than the amount of fees collected in a year.
By Christine Simmons | November 2, 2018
A Manhattan judge, dismissing a legal malpractice complaint against Schulte Roth & Zabel, found there was no attorney-client relationship with the law firm.
By Jason Grant | November 2, 2018
A state appeals court also ruled that it had before it the rare instance in which the proximate cause element of malpractice, generally a question for a fact finder, could be determined as a matter of law.
By Jason Grant | November 1, 2018
Even though the law firm allegedly missed a central fact while doing public-stock-offering due diligence, the bank's malpractice claim was time-barred after it didn't act on a public report about fraud committed by the coal company making the stock offering, an appeals court said.
By Jason Grant | November 1, 2018
Even though the law firm allegedly missed a central fact while doing public-stock-offering due diligence, the bank's malpractice claim was time-barred after it didn't act on a public report about fraud committed by the coal company making the stock offering, an appeals court said.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | November 1, 2018
In terms of judicial discipline, is there any area that is emphasized and where enforcement is heightened?
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | October 31, 2018
The Pittsburgh law firm faces claims that it misrepresented a client's ownership of a $3 million piece of land.
By Zach Schlein | October 30, 2018
Donald St. Denis (pictured) represented plaintiffs in a suit alleging Tampa-based Morgan & Morgan attorney Armando Lauritano botched the handling of a medical malpractice case. On Oct. 17 a Sarasota jury ruled that Lauritano and his firm are on the hook for damages the plaintiffs may have collected in the underlying case.
By John G. Browning | October 29, 2018
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