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Children's lawyers cannot be sued
Quasi-judicial immunity is warranted for lawyers for minor children because the threat of a suit may discourage them from taking positions on behalf of a child that is adverse to the interests of the child's parents, the Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled.Takeout Plus Stakeout Equals Seizure
Police officers staking out an alleged drug dealer's apartment acted reasonably when they used the entry of a food delivery person through the front door to observe, and then seize, the occupants inside, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. A sharply divided court found the occupants of a "known stash house" had "voluntarily exposed themselves to public view" when they accepted the delivery.
Settlements and Subsequent Legal Malpractice
Andrew Lavoott Bluestone, a sole practitioner, writes that recently, one Appellate Division case and two Supreme Court cases have challenged the "effectively compelled" principle - that legal malpractice claims are viable even after a settlement in the underlying action if that settlement was effectively compelled by counsel's mistakes - and in effect, turned it on its head.
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Is VoIP the Right Choice for Your Firm?
As older phone technology becomes obsolete, many firms are weighing the benefits of Voice over Internet Protocol technology. When law firm Jackson Lewis decided it was time to upgrade its phone system, Michael Lyons, executive director, organized a committee involving different parties within the firm, including people from IT, management and facilities, to examine their needs and options. Find out how they went through the research process and concluded that VoIP was the way to go.More Evidence Needed In Malpractice Suit
An insurance company suing an attorney for lying on his malpractice insurance application must present more than a simple affidavit when moving for summary judgment, a Southern District judge ruled. The judge also found that Chicago Insurance Company may have waited too long after learning that attorney David M. Kreitzer had been disciplined -- for neglecting personal injury cases -- to rescind the malpractice policy.Pereira v. Foot Locker, Inc., PICS Case No. 10-1129 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 25, 2010) Joyner, J. (12 pages).
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