The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | November 8, 2018
In representing a client, how far can I puff or embellish the facts to try to resolve a case with a good result?
The Recorder | Analysis|Expert Opinion
By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair | November 7, 2018
Although many attorneys strive to assist their clients in making informed decisions, the act of predicting results can be less than certain.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Ellen C. Brotman | November 7, 2018
Conflicts and confidences are the ethical tripwires of our profession. What may seem like a reasonable assumption about the alignment of parties and the necessity of maintaining confidences at the outset of a case can quickly become a quagmire, especially in the context or organizational or joint representations.
By John Council | November 5, 2018
Beaumont's Ninth Court of Appeals has refused to void a $460,000 legal malpractice arbitration award against a Houston law firm and two attorneys after they alleged the arbitrator failed to follow Texas law.
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.
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