By Jason Grant | January 12, 2022
A genetic-testing device company claimed that its former law firm, Amster Rothsteon & Ebenstein, had the obligation to independently investigate whether any prior publications about the new technology had triggered a deadline for the patent application, but the "plaintiff has not alleged that defendant was specifically directed to investigate, verify [or] report on the legitimacy of the initial publication date," said the Appellate Division, First Department court.
By William T. McCaffery | January 7, 2022
There are many simple risk management techniques that can be taken by any litigation practitioner that can significantly help prevent common legal malpractice claims.
By Charles Toutant | December 28, 2021
For an arbitration provision in a retainer agreement to be enforceable, an attorney must generally explain to a client the benefits and disadvantages of arbitrating a prospective dispute between the attorney and client, the state Supreme Court said in Delaney. The lawyer for Micro Tech said those principles should apply in the present case even though the court ruling did not apply retroactively.
By Dylan Jackson | December 21, 2021
As a saga involving allegations of surreptitious DNA collection, a hate mail campaign and a tennis pro comes to a close, Marvel executive Isaac Perlmutter's wife is suing Kasowitz Benson and a former partner for "malicious prosecution."
By Dylan Jackson | December 21, 2021
As a saga involving allegations of surreptitious DNA collection, a hate mail campaign and a tennis pro comes to a close, Marvel executive Isaac Perlmutter's wife is suing Kasowitz Benson and a former partner for "malicious prosecution."
By Amanda Bronstad | December 14, 2021
U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin on Tuesday ordered lawyers who worked with Tom Girardi in the Lion Air Flight 610 crash lawsuits to provide records of a bank account in which $2 million in settlement funds went missing last year. He also ordered additional briefing on his authority to sanction all of them.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 9, 2021
A federal judge hearing testimony from two ex-Girardi Keese partners about $2 million in missing client settlement funds turned his attention to Edelson, the Chicago firm that first notified him of the missing funds Dec. 2, 2020. "I'm surprised and don't really understand why I had to learn about this in December," he told Edelson's lawyers Thursday.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 9, 2021
A federal judge hearing testimony from two ex-Girardi Keese partners about $2 million in missing client settlement funds turned his attention to Edelson, the Chicago firm that first notified him of the missing funds Dec. 2, 2020. "I'm surprised and don't really understand why I had to learn about this in December," he told Edelson's lawyers Thursday.
By Dan Roe | December 9, 2021
Security National Insurance Co. sued policyholder Avila Law for allegedly failing to disclose its alleged involvement in the Biscayne Capital Ponzi scheme in recent policy applications.
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By Justin Henry | December 9, 2021
"The evidence the 2017 stock purchase agreement price was too high, along with the debt the company took on, accumulated quickly after the agreement closed," the plaintiff's lawyer said.
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