The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Ellen C. Brotman | July 17, 2019
At least once or twice a day, after I press the “send” button, I get a panicky feeling that I've made a mistake and there is no going back. Did I send to the right people? Did I attach the right document? Or even worse—did I waive an important privilege?
By Robert Storace | July 12, 2019
U.S. District Judge Michael Shea ruled Thursday that Timothy Burke's claim of ineffective counsel by a New Haven federal public defender was not warranted. Burke is a convicted felon who conspired with former attorney Bradford Barneys in a long-running scheme targeting Connecticut homeowners in financial distress.
By Angela Morris | July 11, 2019
Four women with injuries from transvaginal mesh medical devices alleged in a legal-malpractice lawsuit that their attorneys and law firms botched their cases by missing the statute of limitations. In a surprising twist, one of the law firm defendants has sued the plaintiffs' attorneys, alleging they improperly obtained its client lists.
By Angela Morris | July 11, 2019
The malpractice suit claims the women's attorneys and law firms botched their cases by missing the statute of limitations. One of the law firm defendants turned around and sued the plaintiffs attorneys over client lists.
By Angela Morris | July 11, 2019
Four women with injuries from transvaginal mesh medical devices alleged in a legal-malpractice lawsuit that their attorneys and law firms botched their cases by missing the statute of limitations. In a surprising twist, one of the law firm defendants has sued the plaintiffs' attorneys, alleging they improperly obtained its client lists.
By Robert Storace | July 10, 2019
A federal judge Wednesday afternoon sentenced longtime Southbury attorney Robert Barry to 21 months in prison for stealing from an elderly client and then continuing to embezzle from her estate after she died.
By Jack Newsham | July 10, 2019
The apparent settlement comes less than two years after the malpractice suit was revived by a New York appellate court.
By Robert Storace | July 8, 2019
New Haven resident Jerome Dunbar has been arrested on seven counts of unauthorized practice of law for allegedly representing or advising people in Connecticut courtrooms. He faces more than five years in prison.
By Charles Toutant | July 8, 2019
The trial judge erred by not allowing the plaintiff to present a "suit within a suit" to show the difference between the settlement he received in a personal injury case and the amount of money that would have been obtained by judgment, the Appellate Division said Monday as it remanded the case for trial.
By Jack Newsham | July 8, 2019
The settlement in the 7-year-old malpractice lawsuit comes after a judge ruled against Morrison Cohen's arguments earlier this year.
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