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Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Justices Eye Constitutionality of Malpractice Caps

More than a dozen years after a fierce political fight about the state's medical-malpractice laws, the Florida Supreme Court heard arguments about the constitutionality of limits on damages in malpractice lawsuits.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Appeals Court Rules for Dickstein Shapiro in Malpractice Suit

The defunct law firm held onto its win in suit stemming from a 1993 patent application Dickstein lawyers handled for Encyclopaedia Britannica.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Bankruptcy Trustee's Claims Against Thompson Coburn Survive

A federal judge has declined to dismiss a bankruptcy trustee's claims against law firm Thompson Coburn, which faces allegations that the firm failed to make necessary disclosures while its client, a technology manufacturing company now in bankruptcy, was used as a "vehicle" in an illegal exportation scheme.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Dabbling: A Dangerous Practice Even for Accomplished Attorneys

The American Bar Association estimates that 46 percent of all legal malpractice claims are based on the attorney's failure to understand substantive law or specialized procedures, and that more than 60 percent of all malpractice claims involve an area of the law in which the subject attorney works less than 20 percent of the time. Attorneys who practice in a single area of the law account for less than 7 percent of all claims.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Legal Malpractice Ruling Modified in Cadwalader Case

The state Court of Appeals Thursday denied a summary judgment motion sought by the plaintiff in a legal malpractice suit against Cadwalader stemming from advice the firm gave on a potential deal to gain control of the board of the Six Flags amusement parks in the mid-2000s.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Supreme Court Allows $1.29M Legal Mal Case Against DLA Piper to Proceed

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that an Australian businessman has standing to sue DLA Piper, giving him a shot at recovering a $1.29 million jury verdict he won against the huge multinational law firm after the judgment was thrown out by an intermediate court of appeals.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Legal Malpractice Suit by Deported Client to Proceed

A legal malpractice suit against a New Jersey defense attorney whose client was jailed and deported for sex with a minor based on what turned out to be a false birth certificate has survived a summary judgment motion.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Pastors, Church Sue Houston Lawyer John Nichols

Robert and Brenda Hogan and Spring First Church seek up to $10 million in damages from John Floyd Nichols Sr. and Nichols Law, alleging the defendants missed a filing deadline.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Orders Prejudgment Remedy Against Attorney Accused of Improper Eviction

9 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Order Prejudgment Remedy Against Attorney Accused of Improper Eviction

A Westport attorney has been accused of mishandling the estate of a Darien woman and improperly evicting two of the deceased woman's daughters from the family home.
5 minute read

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