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With Texas Bar's Hands Tied, Harris County Prosecutor Aims to Stop Houston Lawyer in Alleged Fraud of Immigration Clients

While the State Bar of Texas is normally responsible for stopping lawyers from defrauding the public, in an unusual move, the Harris County Attorney's Office has stepped in to stop the practice of a Houston immigration attorney who allegedly took $140,000 from over 50 clients and offered them no legal work in return.
7 minute read

The Recorder

The High Price of Legal Malpractice Claims

Across the country, firms large and small continue to face big exposures because of avoidable mistakes or because of aggressive plaintiffs. Time and again, these claims result in multimillion-dollar legal malpractice payouts.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Carlton Fields Faces Lawsuit Over Failed Lauderdale Real Estate Deal

The law firm and two shareholders are being sued by a former client after a $25 million land deal collapsed.
19 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel is Enforcing New Recordkeeping Requirements.

Are the recordkeeping requirements set forth in the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement being enforced?
19 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Missing Expert Report Leads to $850K Malpractice Verdict

A Passaic County jury has awarded $850,000 to the plaintiff in a legal malpractice case in which the defendant attorney's failure to obtain expert reports spelled defeat for his client.
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Advising Marijuana Business Clients: The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty

Currently, attorneys in New Jersey who would like to provide guidance on medical cannabis use face challenges because, even though its use is permissible in the state, its use still runs afoul of federal law, which considers cannabis a Schedule I drug.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Statute of Limitations in Legal Malpractice

Andrew Lavoott Bluestone writes: Missed statutes of limitation are the subject matter of many legal malpractice cases—and ironically, late malpractice cases themselves come up far more regularly than expected.
18 minute read

New York Law Journal

Alston & Bird, Accused of Dragging Out Litigation, Wins Appeal in Malpractice Suit

A New York appeals court rejected a client's claims that the law firm delayed using a key defense in a patent case so it could keep billing.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Vicarious Liability for Judiciary Law §487 Violations

Anita Bernstein and Lauren Boulbol of Brooklyn Law School writes: Violating New York Judiciary Law §487 can be memorably costly for an errant attorney, but successful plaintiffs may have to worry about collecting on §487 judgments they receive. Lawyers' assets are not always in ready reach of prevailing parties. How can plaintiffs collect their judgments when defendants' assets and malpractice insurance are both limited?
20 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fourth DCA OKs Legal Malpractice Case Against Foreclosure Attorney, Firms

A legal malpractice suit against foreclosure defense attorney Robert Lithman and two associated firms has new life after the Fourth District Court of Appeal allowed one of the plaintiffs to move forward with the litigation.
8 minute read

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