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New York Law Journal

NY's Rockland County Sues Nixon Peabody in $8.8M Malpractice Suit

The sewer district in New York's Rockland County is looking for more than $8.8 million in a malpractice lawsuit alleging its former law firm, Nixon Peabody, botched a long-running eminent domain dispute.
18 minute read

Daily Report Online

Evans Bids Adieu To 'In Practice'

If the U.S. Senate approves Randy Evans, he will become U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg,
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Despite Court Error, Dechert Still on Hook for Seafood Company's $1.8M Loss

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has revived a legal malpractice suit against Dechert, ruling that the firm could have done more to prevent a court's legal error in Tahiti.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

To evaluate the issue, one has to get away from the news articles and stories. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, a few years ago, added Rule of Professional Conduct 5.7 that talks about when a law firm is involved in a non-law related business.
14 minute read

The Recorder

The Cumis Counsel-Insurer Relationship

The existence of the attorney-client relationship is often a necessary predicate to any potential claim of error or malpractice.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Five New Watchdog Appointees Cleared Chief Judge of Ethics Violations

A Sept. 29 decision by Georgia's newly-reconfigured Judicial Qualifications Commission to dismiss ethics complaints against a chief superior court…
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Take a Hike': Becker & Poliakoff Eviscerates $160 Million Malpractice Suit

The Fort Lauderdale-based firm faced allegations it helped one investor defraud another on a $300 million real estate venture.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

One of the most important things any lawyer should learn is that it really doesn't do one much good to spend to their time criticizing their opponent or trying to suggest their opponent is a bad lawyer or doesn't act honestly.
22 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Corrupt' South Florida Lawyers Featured in Grand Jury Indictment

A newly unsealed indictment details how "corrupt lawyers" allegedly misled clients into making unnecessary medical visits, and used fake investigators to aid a multimillion-dollar insurance fraud.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

6th Lawyer Arrested in South Florida Insurance Fraud Crackdown

Investigators arrested a sixth South Florida attorney in a far-reach insurance fraud sting.
3 minute read

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