By Samuel C. Stretton | September 14, 2017
I noted billboards and other advertisements of a firm that is primarily based in Florida advertising in Pennsylvania. The firm features a picture of apparently the senior partner who states words to the effect, "I am your lawyer." They are advertising for personal injury cases. The ads give the impression that that lawyer will handle the cases. I am only aware of one office and one newly admitted lawyer in Pennsylvania for the firm. Is that ethical?
By Christine Simmons | September 13, 2017
A Manhattan federal judge has refused to dismiss a $10 million legal malpractice suit against Seward & Kissel, finding that under the firm's broad terms in an engagement letter, its lawyers might have been expected to conduct due diligence on a party in a deal.
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | September 11, 2017
Attorneys share their insights on what New Jersey's restrictive insurance market means to their practice and why pending legislation promoting professional malpractice fairness might help.
By Samuel C. Stretton | September 7, 2017
In a conflict of interest where I represented a person previously, what does "substantially related" mean in terms of disqualification?
By Christine Simmons | September 7, 2017
Shortly after a Manhattan judge gutted a former hedge fund manager's potential damages against Greenberg Traurig, the judge has stayed the upcoming trial to allow for an appeal.
By Gregg Weinberg | September 1, 2017
We've all been told that nonsense lawsuits from pro se litigants and former opponents are just "the cost of doing business."
By Bruce A. Campbell | September 1, 2017
Many of us remember the old adage: "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again." Recently the Texas Supreme Court noted in Rogers v. Zanetti, 518 S.W.3d 394 (Tex. 2017): "Legal malpractice is a land of second chances."
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | August 31, 2017
Malpractice Claim Against Bankruptcy Counsel Dismissed Where Clients Failed to Raise Objection to Counsel's Fee Application in Bankruptcy Court
By Max Mitchell | August 30, 2017
A state court judge has tossed the civil suit attorney Nancy Raynor filed against the lawyers who sought to have her hit with a $1 million sanction over her handling of an expert in a medical malpractice case.
By Shari Klevens and Randy Evans | August 29, 2017
Sooner or later, every lawyer makes a mistake.
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