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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 Dan Roe | May 2, 2022
A decade in the U.S. Army Reserve has exposed Fort Lauderdale professional liability associate Matthew Wildner to people and cases that represent a cross-section of America, helping him understand clients with varying backgrounds and problems.
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By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | April 29, 2022
A petition filed in Harris County on Thursday alleges the defendants mishandled litigation related to collecting on a lien, and then belatedly notified the plaintiff of a client conflict.
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By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | April 29, 2022
A petition filed in Harris County on Thursday alleges the defendants mishandled litigation related to collecting on a lien, and then belatedly notified the plaintiff of a client conflict.
3 minute read
By Justin Henry | April 28, 2022
A Chapter 7 trustee's claims accusing a Chicago partner of practicing law in California without a license and the firm of breaching its fiduciary duty advanced, but the California bankruptcy judge dismissed a claim of professional negligence without prejudice.
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By Charles Toutant | April 25, 2022
Escobar, the grandmother of an infant who was permanently disabled as a result of child abuse, is suing Mazie Slater for malpractice in that case. Escobar won a $166 million verdict on claims that the state was negligent for failing to remove the infant from his parents. But the massive verdict was reduced to $102 million by a judge, then thrown out on appeal.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | April 25, 2022
The court accepted a petition to review, and further examine when the claim is exhausted.
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By Emily M. McAdam | April 25, 2022
In the face of no controlling Arkansas case law on the matter, the Eighth Circuit made an "Erie-educated guess" as to what the Arkansas Supreme Court would do and held that Gerber could still establish proximate cause despite there being no resolution to the underlying case.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | April 22, 2022
The complaint claims that even after the attorney was given an opportunity to amend the petition, he allegedly failed to properly plead the facts.
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By Cedra Mayfield | April 22, 2022
"The woke elite are much in need of ridicule and comedic take down; so are the semi-literate half-wits who rally around them," wrote New Haven attorney Norman Pattis. "So if you are offended by use of the "n" word in that comedic skit consider the possibility that the joke is at your expense."
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By Aleeza Furman | April 20, 2022
True Railroad had not provided enough evidence to support its professional negligence claim and that finding in McNees' favor was appropriate, the Superior Court ruled in an opinion written by Senior Justice Correale Stevens, who presided over the appeal.
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