Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | September 17, 2020
A Connecticut man has filed a federal lawsuit against Rhode Island-based law firm Adler Pollock & Sheehan, alleging fraud and misrepresentation.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | September 17, 2020
I am a judicial officer and I am one of several beneficiaries of a trust. Do I have to report this?
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Matthew B. Weisberg | September 17, 2020
To meet the elements of a legal malpractice action the claimed malpracticing attorney must be demonstrated as having deviated from the standard of care. The mere happening of a "mal"—result does not equate to "mal"—practice. An attorney is immune upon the exercise of reasoned "professional judgment."
By Angela Morris | September 16, 2020
Client James Irwin sued his ex-attorneys and their insurer, Texas Lawyers Insurance Exchange, alleging the insurer's advice to "do nothing" on a legal malpractice claim caused him to miss the deadline under the statute of limitations.
By Michael A. Mora | September 15, 2020
The attorney representing the creditor trustee said the fraudulent transfer was valued at nearly $100 million.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Anthony E. Davis and Janis M. Meyer | September 15, 2020
In their Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis and Janis M. Meyer discuss two recent ethics opinions from the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics addressed the duties of lawyers with respect to the Retention And Disposition Of Lawyer's Closed Files (Opinion 1192, issued in June) and the Disposition Of Wills (Opinion 1182, issued in January), which we previously addressed in March.
By Greg Land | September 11, 2020
The suit accused AGG of concealing information from a client that a solar technology company was about to go bankrupt and could not fulfill its contractual obligations.
By Meredith Hobbs | September 8, 2020
Two shareholders in an e-commerce startup allege Troutman Pepper "succumbed to conflicts of interest" between competing company founders.
By Greg Land | September 8, 2020
Ruling in a case of first impression, the high court said a legal malpractice claim against a lawyer could be forced into arbitration despite the plaintiff's claim that it was not fully informed of the clause's ramifications.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Andrew Lavoott Bluestone | September 8, 2020
How will the COVID pandemic change our judicial systems, and will there be any effect on legal malpractice?
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