The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | January 7, 2021
What is your New Year's resolution as an attorney who has practiced for many years?
Daily Report Online | Commentary
By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair | January 4, 2021
Screening potential new client representations, like monitoring one's diet, is an important prevention tool to avoid legal malpractice claims.
By Angela Morris | January 1, 2021
A handful of Texas attorneys faced legal-malpractice litigation in 2020 because they missed deadlines to file court documents or appear in court.
By Suzette Parmley | December 23, 2020
Justice Barry Albin said "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 Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Daniel J. Siegel | December 23, 2020
Among an attorney's most important duties is the obligation to safeguard all client and third-party property held in trust. It is an obligation that lawyers learn about in law school, and hear about throughout their careers.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | December 21, 2020
Here's a look at some of the Connecticut attorneys who faced ethics and other charges in the past 12 months.
By Charles Toutant | December 18, 2020
The question posed appears novel—whether New Jersey public policy compels application of New Jersey's contingency-fee rules to all cases filed in its courts. But the plaintiffs were not New Jersey residents, the case was not litigated in New Jersey, and the case was ultimately settled in Texas—echoing the decentralized nature that is common in multidistrict litigation cases.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | December 17, 2020
I was consulted with a potential client about retaining me. I met briefly with the client and discussed the case. Subsequently, the client chose to hire someone else. I have now been subpoenaed as a witness as to what the client told me. Is this within the attorney-client privilege?
By Zack Needles | December 16, 2020
With the closure of courts and law offices across the U.S. and the attendant rise in remote work—not to mention a dip in demand for many lawyers—came a host of new risks for mistakes, malfeasance and just plain poor decision-making, all of which helped lay fertile ground for legal malpractice claims. Here's a look back at what experts had to say about the heightened dangers for lawyers during this strange, but not altogether unprecedented, year.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Ellen L. Koblitz and Kim D. Ringler | December 16, 2020
Competence is a bedrock obligation of every lawyer in every setting, even pro-bono representation, and deviation from the standard of practice may qualify as professional malpractice.
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