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$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.
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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.
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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

New Jersey Law Journal

Attorney Disbarred for Stealing $400,000 From Estate Account

A former Pennsylvania attorney was disbarred from practicing in New Jersey last week after he was convicted of stealing approximately $400,000 from an estate to pay for his personal use.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Justice Is Achieved Through Merits Adjudication

Green v. Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania (Appeal of Jared A. Jacobson), A.3d, (Pa.Super.), reversed the uncontested motion for sanctions against plaintiffs counsel (Jacobson) following the counsel's failure to both file a certificate of merit and respond in opposition to the motion for sanctions.
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New York Law Journal

Appeals Court: Malpractice Claim Against Law Firm Over Untimely Patent Application Fails

A genetic-testing device company claimed that its former law firm, Amster Rothsteon & Ebenstein, had the obligation to independently investigate whether any prior publications about the new technology had triggered a deadline for the patent application, but the "plaintiff has not alleged that defendant was specifically directed to investigate, verify [or] report on the legitimacy of the initial publication date," said the Appellate Division, First Department court.
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