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New York Law Journal

Three Ways To Prevent Litigation Malpractice

There are many simple risk management techniques that can be taken by any litigation practitioner that can significantly help prevent common legal malpractice claims.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Despite Law Firm's Failure to Explain to Client, Court Upholds Arbitration Mandate for Malpractice Disputes

For an arbitration provision in a retainer agreement to be enforceable, an attorney must generally explain to a client the benefits and disadvantages of arbitrating a prospective dispute between the attorney and client, the state Supreme Court said in Delaney. The lawyer for Micro Tech said those principles should apply in the present case even though the court ruling did not apply retroactively.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Following Dismissal of Lurid Lawsuit, Wife of Marvel Exec Files Malicious Prosecution Suit Against Kasowitz Benson

As a saga involving allegations of surreptitious DNA collection, a hate mail campaign and a tennis pro comes to a close, Marvel executive Isaac Perlmutter's wife is suing Kasowitz Benson and a former partner for "malicious prosecution."
3 minute read

Law.com

'You Caused the Plaintiffs to Lose That Money.' Federal Judge Demands Records From Girardi Keese Client Trust Account

U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin on Tuesday ordered lawyers who worked with Tom Girardi in the Lion Air Flight 610 crash lawsuits to provide records of a bank account in which $2 million in settlement funds went missing last year. He also ordered additional briefing on his authority to sanction all of them.
9 minute read

Law.com

'It Was All Lies.' Federal Judge Eyes Edelson in Girardi Keese Probe

A federal judge hearing testimony from two ex-Girardi Keese partners about $2 million in missing client settlement funds turned his attention to Edelson, the Chicago firm that first notified him of the missing funds Dec. 2, 2020. "I'm surprised and don't really understand why I had to learn about this in December," he told Edelson's lawyers Thursday.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Amid $155M Ponzi Scheme Fallout, Law Firm Fights to Keep its Liability Insurance

Security National Insurance Co. sued policyholder Avila Law for allegedly failing to disclose its alleged involvement in the Biscayne Capital Ponzi scheme in recent policy applications.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Morgan Lewis Sued as Ex-Client Alleges Conflict in Deal Work Led to Bankruptcy

"The evidence the 2017 stock purchase agreement price was too high, along with the debt the company took on, accumulated quickly after the agreement closed," the plaintiff's lawyer said.
5 minute read

Law.com

Ex-Girardi Keese Partners Testify About 'Outrageous Lies' and 'Contentious' Arguments

U.S. District Judge Tom Durkin, who issued a contempt order against Tom Girardi and his firm last year, began an evidentiary hearing on Wednesday aimed at uncovering whether two other Girardi Keese partners, Keith Griffin and David Lira, should also be sanctioned for failing to pay $2 million to four clients with settlements over the 2018 crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Why Are Lawyers Special?' Asks Justice Examining Rule Barring Suits Over Bad Settlements

The justices mulled whether striking the precedent would not bring about a flood of suits against lawyers.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Loeb & Loeb Sued by Son of King World Productions Founder Over Estate Work

Richard Charles King's son alleges that much of his father's estate, worth more than $10 million, is unaccounted for.
2 minute read

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