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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.
5 minute read

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

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