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New Jersey Law Journal

Malpractice Suit Says Pennsylvania Lawyer Falsely Claimed He Could Practice in New Jersey

"The case was like wine and would get better with time," according to the suit.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Former Morrison Cohen Client's Breach-of-Fiduciary Action Against Firm Moves Forward

The former client alleges that Morrison Cohen, the well-respected commercial litigation and corporate transactional firm, helped him and another lip-balm and lotion company co-founder become equal partners, only to years later help that partner potentially oust him from both his thought-to-be equal position and equal financial distribution rights.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Client's Claims Against Buchanan, Royer Cooper Survive Motions to Dismiss

A federal judge allowed professional negligence claims against the two firms to proceed, as well as a breach of fiduciary duty claim against Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.
5 minute read

Law.com

$15M Malpractice Action Against Foley & Lardner, Based on Alleged Negligence in Litigating Malpractice Suit, Will Proceed

In an extraordinary series of events and suits involving the company Protostorm, the latest ruling is that the company can proceed with a malpractice lawsuit against Foley & Lardner and intellectual property partner Jonathan Moskin, because Foley and Moskin, after winning a 2014 federal malpractice trial on Protostorm's behalf against a Virginia law firm, allegedly waived joint and several liability against the individual attorney defendants.
5 minute read

The Recorder

'I Tried to Grow Too Big': Lawyer Gets 12 Years in Prison for $5.5M Client Embezzlement Scheme

Philip James Layfield operated the law firm Layfield & Barrett in California, Utah and Arizona.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Nonlawyers May Not Represent Parties in Arbitration or Mediation

The law in New Jersey is clear: A nonlawyer who represents a party in arbitration or mediation engages in the unauthorized practice of law.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Ex-Client of Rutan & Tucker Appeals Again in Suit Over Publishing Company Founder's Estate

The wife of Charles Slack, founder of health care information and education platform SLACK Inc. and the Wyanoke Group, has filed another appeal.
3 minute read

Law.com

Appellate Court: Attorneys Representing Labor Union Can't Be Sued Over Untimely Arbitration Demand

The Massachusetts Court of Appeals has ruled that attorneys acting as agents of a union cannot be held liable for actions taken on the union's behalf.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Guardians Ad Litem Denied Judicial Immunity by Pa. Appeals Court in Legal Mal Case

The Defender Association of Philadelphia and one of its guardians ad litem are still on the hook in a legal malpractice suit stemming from a custody case in front a family court judge whose conduct earned her a six-month suspension.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Developer Hits Carlton Fields With Malpractice Lawsuit

Mallory Kauderer alleges Carlton Fields attorneys botched his defense in a lawsuit filed by a former business partner.
4 minute read

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