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New stories and case digests and some columns focused on key court decisions and issues, as well as news stories on prominent lawyers in trouble, to articles and columns offering advice.
By Cassandre Coyer | January 12, 2023
For now, where the blame falls for the mistake of exposing thousands of Social Security numbers is unclear. But for e-discovery professionals, this blunder "goes to show that the roles and responsibilities really do need to be defined ... because the impact is substantial."
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By Adolfo Pesquera | January 9, 2023
"Indeed, Zumwalt was the culpable party, not GG Security. Yet, the lawyers failed to obtain informed consent to the joint representation," the lawsuit said.
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By Harper J. Dimmerman | January 5, 2023
There is certainly a fine line between clients being dissatisfied with the outcome of their case and dissatisfied with the services of their attorney, figuring it was those same services that led to the result that would have been reached regardless.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | January 4, 2023
The 173rd District Court in Henderson County found one lawyer committed professional misconduct by representing opposing parties to the same litigation and making a false statement of material fact or law to a tribunal.
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By Matthew B. Weisberg | December 22, 2022
Muhammad prohibited "settling and suing" by second-guessing settlement valuations except in the case of fraudulent inducement—which is to be pleaded with specificity (fraud exception).
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By Emily Saul | December 20, 2022
Of the 44 awards granted by the Lawyer's Fund for the final quarter of 2022, 24% reimbursed funds pocketed by two now-disbarred lawyers. Those former attorneys were Yohan Choi of Bayside and the once-prominent Manhattan real estate attorney Mitchell Kossoff.
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By Jason Grant | December 16, 2022
The Appellate Division, First Department court focused on Dr. Peter Foley Rizzo's failure to "adequately plead proximate causation" as part of his malpractice counterclaim lodged against the Manhattan-based firm of Belair & Evans, which had sued the physician for allegedly unpaid legal fees.
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By Cedra Mayfield | December 16, 2022
"The cure really has become the disease," said attorney Ryan Baker of Waymaker in Los Angeles. "Anti-SLAPP has become bloated, and certainly in California it's become a problem for real plaintiffs."
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By Amanda Bronstad | December 15, 2022
In a flurry of lawsuits, the trustee of Tom Girardi's Chapter 7 case alleged the checks, many of which were paid to other lawyers, were written with the 'actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor.'
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By Colleen Murphy | December 15, 2022
"In New Jersey, 80-90% of attorneys are small practitioners, like myself, and we have a lot to manage. Without insurance, you may be forced to settle in a case like this," said prevailing defendant Jeff Horn, head of Toms River-based law firm Horn Law Group.
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