By Colleen Murphy | July 14, 2023
The Appellate Division reversed a Union County Superior Court's dismissal of a legal malpractice claim leveled against Senate President Nicholas P. Scutari over his representation of a since-deceased man in his personal injury claim.
By Adolfo Pesquera | July 14, 2023
The lawsuit also named partner Douglas Rommelmann and then-associate Brett Cooke as defendants.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alesia S. Sulock and Josh J.T. Byrne | July 14, 2023
By incorporating risk management from the very beginning of the representation, an attorney can better protect against legal malpractice claims or disciplinary complaints arising from simple misunderstandings between lawyer and client.
By ALM Staff | July 13, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Ellen C. Brotman | July 12, 2023
In early May, the American Bar Association issued Formal Ethics Opinion 505, in which it opined that a fee is never "nonrefundable" and that a fee paid in advance of the provision of services can never be placed into a lawyer's operating account.
By Colleen Murphy | July 10, 2023
The malpractice suit, "Zirvi v. Illumina," was filed April 8 by Lorium Law and Soliman & Associates on behalf of physician/scientist Monib Zirvi. Zirvi alleges that Latham & Watkins and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld failed to properly advise him in connection with an underlying patent infringement lawsuit against Illumina and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
By Adolfo Pesquera | July 6, 2023
On each tort claim, the appeals court said the Gibson parties' summary judgment motion "presented no ground to the trial court that disproved any element" of the Padua parties' claims.
By Colleen Murphy | July 6, 2023
The suit was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Amanda O'Brien | July 3, 2023
The rapper had blamed his lawyers for a $7 million jury verdict stemming from accusations that he released a sex tape. But a Connecticut federal judge found no evidence that the participation of three additional witnesses would have changed the outcome.
By Cedra Mayfield | June 30, 2023
As a constitutional attorney deemed the judge's ruling "a clear overreach," a professional responsibility expert validated the vacated verdict and newly granted trial as being within the judge's "inherent power."
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