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No Affidavit of Merit Needed for 'Unaccrued' Third-Party Malpractice Claim
Fixing a loophole not foreseen by the drafters of New Jersey's Affidavit of Merit Statute, the state Supreme Court rules that third-party indemnification claims against professionals may be subject to the act, but only after a professional-negligence claim accrues.
Judge Gives Final Approval to $178M Settlement in Class Action Against Sidley, KPMG
A $178 million settlement in a class action against accounting firm KPMG and Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, for allegedly selling fraudulent tax shelter strategies, won final approval Friday. U.S. District Judge Dennis Cavanaugh gave his approval despite a last-minute evidence proffer from KPMG counsel that class counsel Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman might have promised inappropriate payments to the lead plaintiffs -- conduct similar to that for which Milberg Weiss and two partners were indicted last month.Lawyer Who Sues Lawyers Revives Seven Cases Jeopardized by Late Filings
For Hilton Stein -- New Jersey's best-known legal malpractice lawyer -- this wasn't a good summer. Known for living off other attorneys' mistakes, Stein instead went from courthouse to courthouse in a desperate salvage operation to convince judges to resurrect seven of eight cases against other attorneys that had been thrown out or crippled because his firm missed filing deadlines.Federal Regulators Fault Proposed N.J. Restriction on Attorney Ads
The Federal Trade Commission has spoken out against New Jersey's proposed crackdown on client testimonials in lawyer ads. In a March 1 letter, the FTC told the state Supreme Court's Committee on Attorney Advertising that its suggested guideline, barring client endorsements based on favorable outcomes or a lawyer's competence, would cut down on competition and drive up legal fees.N.J.'s Wilentz Adding Pa. Lawyers And Two Keystone Offices
The expansion of New Jersey firms into Pennsylvania has continued, this time with 150-attorney Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer gaining some attorneys from a disbanding Philadelphia firm.N.J. Court Panel To Recommend Rule Permitting Admission on Motion Here
Just as the State Bar Association is fulminating over a proposal to liberalize multijurisdictional practice, the state Supreme Court`s Ad Hoc Committee on Bar Admissions is about to recommend that out-of-state attorneys be admitted on motion to practice in New Jersey.Regulated Community Faces Stricter Controls
In anticipation of the DEP's draft Soil Remediation Standards, it's helpful to review a few of the primary concerns associated with the SRSs. While the regulated community hopes that its concerns will be alleviated in the formally proposed SRSs, it is unrealistic to think that they will be abated.Trending Stories
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