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The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I noticed recently that some judges have become aggressive in trying to get a plea agreement in a criminal case or a settlement in a civil case. What is the limit on their role?
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Tosses $5.7M Legal Malpractice Award Over Jury Access to Dismissed Claims

The Court of Appeals panel said that a DeKalb County judge was correct to strike the responses and declare the defendant lawyer in default as a sanction, but that the jury's access to a partly redacted complaint including several claims dismissed pretrial required a new trial for damages.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Cited 'Wackiness' of Pleadings: Malpractice Suit Reinstated Against Hill Wallack

The suit seeks reimbursement of the $120,000 in fees, as well as other compensatory damages, disgorgement of legal fees and costs paid to Hill Wallack in the Delaware case, and reimbursement of fees and costs for bringing the malpractice suit.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

McCarter & English Sued Over Law Firm Breakup

The former principal owner of McHugh, Chapman & Vargas has sued New Jersey-based McCarter & English, claiming the ALM Law 200 firm was negligent in handling a dispute between attorneys.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Appeal Rejected in Miami Developer's Legal Malpractice Suit Against Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

The Third District Court of Appeal rejected an appeal by a prominent Miami real estate developer against her former attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I was looking at the Rule of Professional Conduct Rule 1.6, the confidentiality rule, and I am curious if my fee letter with a client is confidential and within the privilege. Is it?
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Legal Malpractice Statute of Limitations: Occurrence vs. Damages

The statute of limitations for an action in legal malpractice is: negligence—two years; and breach of contract—four years.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Alleging 'Gross Overpayment' of Fees, Ex-Client Sues King & Spalding, 2 Partners Over Successful Arbitration

The former client, Trinh Vinh Binh, of The Netherlands, alleged in a petition filed in state court in Harris County that the defendants colluded with a litigation funder to inflate a 'success fee' for a successful arbitration.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Are You Flouting This Mandate? Ruling Highlights Law Firm Insurance Coverage Gap

"Every lawyer who practices as an LLC, LLP or PC should be in consultation with their insurance broker to be sure they are in compliance," plaintiff counsel Francis Garrity said.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Carlton Fields Sued in $10 Million Legal Malpractice Lawsuit

A Broward County circuit board company Circuitronix alleges the Am Law 200 firm failed to compute lost profit damages when it represented the electronics company in a 2017 breach of contract lawsuit against two former business partners.
3 minute read

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