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How to Handle Disputes With Sophisticated Clients

By being aware of these issues, lawyers working with sophisticated clients can help ensure that those clients receive the support they need, while also helping to manage risk for themselves associated with working with experienced clients.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Firm Fends Off Legal Malpractice Claim After Plaintiff's Expert Fails to Prove Damages

In a published opinion, the Appellate Division affirmed an order granting summary judgment to a law firm and two attorneys in a legal malpractice claim after the court found that the plaintiff failed to present expert evidence on proximate causation and damages.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorney Accused of Submitting False Statements to Court

"We are confident the factual allegations and legal claims in Mr. Ricketts' new federal case will be unsuccessful," an attorney involved in the litigation said.
4 minute read

Law.com

Client Seeks $500K Judgment in Legal-Malpractice Action From Former Chicago-Area Attorney

This suit was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Angela Nails Sues Talg Law Firm for Malpractice Over Discovery Issue

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Gawthrop Greenwood Hit With Suit Alleging Lawyer Botched Plaintiffs' Sexual Harassment Claims

"Threatening other plaintiffs that they would be lawyer-less if they did not settle," the complaint said, "Larkin doggedly pressured plaintiffs to settle their claims, despite their express desire not to."
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Law Firm Simon & Simon Prevails in Legal Malpractice Claim Over Alleged Terminated Representation

"Plaintiff's complaint purports to bring several causes of action but the thrust of her complaint is a legal malpractice claim against defendants based on her allegations that, but for their failure to withdraw as counsel after terminating their representation of her, she would have succeeded in obtaining a trial de novo," U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler wrote.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Missed Deadlines, 'Little Oversight': Veteran Houston Lawyer in Hot Seat

The complaint chronicles years of inadequate performance on the part of Godinich and his firm, alleging he never visited Carter in jail, never filed a substantive motion, and never responded to Carter's requests for information about his case.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Disbarred Montgomery County Lawyer's Slander Suit Fails on Appeal

"Regardless of whether Ferebee's comments strayed off topic, he was performing his job duties as the city attorney," First District Justice Gordon Goodman said.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

'An Existential Threat to Our Justice System': Lawyer Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Fake ADA Lawsuit Scheme

Attorney Stuart Finkelstein was accused of filing more than 300 fake ADA lawsuits in federal courts in New York and Florida on behalf of people who did not know they had been identified as plaintiffs.
4 minute read

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