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Get the Best Price in Applying for Professional Liability Insurance

While most law firms recognize that maintaining legal malpractice insurance is a necessary expense, too many firms neglect to review their insurance on a regular basis to ensure it fits their current needs and represents the best product available on the market, says Denton's Shari Klevens and Alanna Clair.
6 minute read

Law.com

Prosecutors Play Secret Recording of Ex-Willkie Co-Chairman Gordon Caplan in College Admission Bribery Trial

"If there's a way to get her what we need to get her on testing, she is not a good test taker, and it's $75,000, you're telling me you can get that done. Consider that a done deal with us," Caplan said in the recording presented to a jury.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Dismisses 1 of 4 Law Firm Defendants in Suit Over Failed Harrisburg Incinerator Deal

Judge Michael Wojcik's order removed, among others, Foreman and Caraciolo, one of the four law firms named as defendants in the suit.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Appeals Court Reverses $95K Judgment in Legal Mal Suit, Ordering New Damages Hearing

The New Jersey Appellate Division agreed that an attorney breached his duty by not filing a personal injury lawsuit within the statue of limitations, but found the $95,000 default judgment entered by the trial judge lacked the requisite medical proof.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Tax Evasion

The attorney has pleaded guilty, and is set for sentencing in December.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Lowenstein Sandler in Crosshair as Widow Seeks to Restart Legal Malpractice Suit Over $170M Estate

"Unchecked by the strict ethical proscriptions of his profession, [Lowenstein Sandler attorney Michael] Lerner leveraged his and his firm's positions as trusted fiduciaries and long-standing counsel to the Krivulkas and the Krivulka entities to achieve his ultimate goal of wielding control over the substantial wealth that Mr. and Mrs. Krivulka spent years building," the plaintiff alleges in court papers.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Plaintiffs Dismiss Legal-Mal Claims Against Jackson Walker, Houston Lawyer

After a related lawsuit settled, a technology accelerator sought a dismissal of claims against the firm and Houston senior counsel Jennifer Bryant in a legal malpractice suit that alleged a conflict of interest.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Lawyer Accused of Phony Flights to India Files to Dismiss Lawsuit Against Him

The company that sued Jeremy Bohrer had paid him for defending its CLO in a federal investigation.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Eckert Seamans Tapped to Defend Legal Malpractice Action

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

Coral Gables IP Firm Sued for Negligence Over Alleged Failure to Disclose Error

Lott & Fischer was sued in a federal Massachusetts District Court late last week by a restaurant owner who claims the seven-attorney law firm withheld documents that would've prevented the restauranteur from being sued by a nearby restaurant with a similar name.
3 minute read

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