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NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISIONArgued: May 31, 2001In this wrongful discharge case, a jury found defendant Kessler Institute breached an implied covenant of go
KPMG Accounting Malpractice Verdict Affirmed but $38 Million Damage Award Vacated
A New Jersey appeals court has found sufficient evidence that accounting giant KPMG was negligent in its audits of the books of a ceramic collectibles company but inadequate proof to support a $38 million damages award to another company that acquired it. The panel said KPMG's spotty audit amounted to malpractice on a non-client, but found that the acquiring company and its president failed to prove that the combined company at the time of the merger was worth its purported value and to justify the jury's award.George Helfrich Sr., Morris Co. Judge
Obituaries for George Helfrich Sr., Bruce Volpe, Calvin Koch Jr. and Thomas Maloney.New N.J. Bar President Eyes Technology as Tool for Growth
It's no secret that the New Jersey Bar Association membership is sagging, and the incoming president says information technology is the means to do something about it. On April 2, as she was preparing for the transition, Peggy Sheahan Knee sent out e-mails asking members to volunteer for the organization's 26 sections. She says she received more than 100 replies and they are still coming in. Knee represents the new generation of tech-savvy Bar leader who is comfortable with Web-based communication, electronic databasing and other information-management tools.The Legal Malpractice Expert Makes or Breaks a Case
Let's face it. Few of us in the legal profession want to sue a fellow attorney. The idea of "bad karma" can't be denied. Litigating is hard, complicated work, and any one of us could hit the same pitfalls as those attorneys facing legal malpractice claims. That is why the law does not require perfection from an attorney in his or her representation of a client, or from any professional for that matter. In fact, generally in suing a professional, the plaintiff must present an expert to confirm that his or her claim is valid.Client-Records Retention Just Got a Whole Lot More Complicated
Just because a case is resolved and the representation is over doesn't mean a lawyer's work is done. An ethics opinion published Monday makes clear that for years afterward, lawyers can still have obligations regarding closed case files. George Kenny, a partner with Roseland's Connell Foley, criticizes the insurance defense portion of the opinion as being "murky" and raising "unnecessary problems."New Ethics Opinion Clarifies Client-Records Retention Rules
An ethics opinion published Monday by the New Jersey Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics makes clear that for years after a case is resolved, lawyers can still have obligations regarding closed case files. This new opinion supplements one issued in January 2001, and clarifies what constitutes client property and details attorney obligations.New State Bar President Eyes Technology as Tool for Growth
Peggy Knee represents the new generation of tech-savvy Bar leader who is comfortable with Web-based communication, electronic databasing and other information-management tools.NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISIONArgued: April 24, 2002At issue here is the duty owed by a property owner to the public who are invited to the property where a g
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