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Litigation Daily

Five Steps You Can Take to Avoid Litigation Malpractice

According to the most recent survey of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Professional Liability, personal injury litigation, alone, accounts for more than 20 percent of all legal malpractice claims brought in the United States. Being most at risk to malpractice claims, it is imperative for litigation attorneys to incorporate certain essential risk management techniques into their practices.
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New York Law Journal

Five Keys to Avoiding Litigation Malpractice

According to the most recent survey of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Professional Liability, personal injury litigation, alone, accounts for more than 20 percent of all legal malpractice claims brought in the United States. Being most at risk to malpractice claims, it is imperative for litigation attorneys to incorporate certain essential risk management techniques into their practices.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Objectors Challenge $142 Million Settlement Over Wells Fargo's 'Fake Accounts' Scandal

Among other things, objectors allege that plaintiffs lawyers were not entitled to $21.3 million in legal fees.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Objectors Appeal $142 Million Settlement Over Wells Fargo's 'Fake Accounts' Scandal

Among other things, objectors allege that plaintiffs lawyers were not entitled to $21.3 million in legal fees.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Be Careful What You Ask for in Employment Arbitration: The Case for Offers of Judgment

As recent Supreme Court decisions have surveyed and expanded the landscape of arbitration and arbitration agreements, employers have placed greater focus on whether arbitration is actually the right fit for their company.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Mintz Lawyers (Luxury) Expenses under the Microscope

Normally, what expenses a client will—or won't—pay for is a private matter between the law firm and the client. But this case is different.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Billionaire Ex-Client Can Retrieve File From Boies Schiller But Must Put Up $860K

Billionaire Alex Shnaider will be able to collect a client file from his former lawyers at Boies Schiller, but—for now, at least—it'll cost him.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cosby: Schnader Billed Six-Figure Fees for 'Unnecessary' Work

Facing a claim for $282,000 in allegedly unpaid fees from his criminal case, Bill Cosby countered that the work was never authorized.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Losing the Right to Arbitrate by Waiving the Right to Arbitrate

Bob had his client's orders: “Don't make life easy for the other side. Make them earn their right to arbitrate their claims.” This looked like an easy assignment because Bob thought he had valid grounds to be a stickler here.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court Says School District Liable for Counsel Fees for Psychologist Charged With Assault

"We conclude that as a school psychologist … plaintiff held a position under Hackettstown's jurisdiction," Appellate Division Judge Mitchel Ostrer wrote. "The critical point is that plaintiff served as a school psychologist in a Hackettstown school."
3 minute read

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