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Texas Lawyer

Clients Allege Houston Attorney's Mistake Caused Lawsuit Dismissal

A Houston lawyer faces a legal-malpractice suit by clients who alleged he failed to respond to a motion to dismiss, and missed a status conference hearing. He had argued his wife had died and he fell into a depressive episode.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Taking Over for a Colleague? How to Manage Risk

Although the lawyer's representation may start in the middle of a lawsuit or other client-driven task, it is helpful to remember that it is still a new representation for the replacement lawyer's law firm.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

In Legal Malpractice Case, Appeals Court Upholds Curb on Damages for Novice Businesses

The ruling illustrates a potential pitfall facing a startup company that tries to recover lost profits in litigation. The new-business rule says that "prospective profits of a new business are considered too remote and speculative to meet the legal standard of reasonable certainty."
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Lawyer With 'No Office' Is Facing a Legal Malpractice Suit After Meeting Client in a Coffee Shop

Claiming they met in coffee shops to discuss private details of a sexual assault case, a client has sued an Amarillo solo practitioner in a new legal-malpractice case.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Appeals Court Allows Legal Mal Suit to Proceed Against Family Lawyer

"The determination of when [the former client] reasonably should have been aware of the cause of her [alleged malpractice] injury should have been deferred to the finder of fact," not decided summarily by the trial court, wrote the Pennsylvania Superior Court on Delaware County in a decision allowed the former client's suit to proceed.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Negligence Lawsuit Against 2 Law Firms Highlights Liability Risks of Wire Scams

A hacker impersonating both an attorney at a Pompano Beach law firm and a Fort Lauderdale closing agent convinced a man to wire $120,000 to the law firm's bank account, according to a new suit.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Appeals Court Upholds Jury's Finding of No Legal Malpractice by Environmental Law Firm

"The jury heard significant evidence about the standard of care an attorney owes to a client," said the Appellate Division, First Department court.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Plaintiffs Firm Faces $20M Malpractice Suit Over Wrongful Death Case

Jason Gibson, who won a $53.8 million verdict in the underlying wrongful death suit that was later appealed, says the allegations are "fabricated."
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

In Feud Among New Jersey Attorneys, Court Upholds No-Cause Verdict

The appeals court said the trial judge correctly ruled that the defense expert could testify despite a lack of directly comparable work experience and testimony that was not tethered to case law or a legal treatise.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney Asks Pa. Justices for 'Sea Change' in Statute of Limitations for Legal Mal Actions

"What I am asking for is a sea change. … But what I am asking would actually lessen the amount of [malpractice] cases," attorney Matthew Weisberg told the justices. "An attorney's efforts may prevent the malpractice or mitigate the malpractice."
7 minute read

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