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Bilzin Sumberg Wins Dismissal of Legal Malpractice Suit by Russian Real Estate Investor

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman agreed with Bilzin Sumberg's argument that the legal malpractice suit was filed beyond the statute of limitations expiration.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Malpractice Suit Against K&L Gates Heads Back to Texas Trial Court

The Texas Supreme Court will not review an interlocutory appeal filed by K&L Gates in its effort to get a Hays County lawsuit dismissed.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Debevoise Faces Lawsuit Alleging Cover-Up, Negligence in Ex-Client's SEC Investigation

The lawsuit is being brought by former client Mykalai Kontilai, a member of the FBI Most Wanted List who is facing several SEC and DOJ lawsuits.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

COVID-19 Or Something Else, What If You Get Sick Just Before Trial?

As with many other decisions, there is a balance between self-interest and lawyers' ethical obligations to others.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I did a Zoom deposition in a workers' compensation case of the claimant. I represent the employer. The employer told me that the person who testified was someone pretending to be the claimant. I confronted the claimant's lawyer who indicated that they had not met the claimant when they were retained. What are my obligations?
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

As Pandemic Restrictions Lift, Employers Face a New Challenge: Managing a Hybrid Team

Robert Half Legal vice president Debra Montero provides strategies for managing this new team dynamic.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

14 Connecticut Attorneys Disciplined

The new report shows the Statewide Grievance Committee disciplined 14 attorneys in March and September.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Clarifying Intersection Between Lis Pendens and Res Judicata, Pa. Court Dismisses Legal Mal Suit

The panel ruled that plaintiff Dr. Ahlam Khalil could not proceed with her legal malpractice claims against lawyers Beth Cole and Gerald Williams and the law firms of Williams Cedar and Williams Cuker Berezofsky, which broke up in 2017.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

2nd Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Malpractice Lawsuit Against Wachtell

A three-judge panel agreed that the lawsuit, which targeted Wachtell with allegations of "unusual" contracts with two investment banks hired to help ward off Icahn's move, failed to make out a case that the New York-based firm had been negligent in its professional representation.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Firm Accused of Keeping Money From Unauthorized Settlement in Personal-Injury Case

The plaintiff's attorney and defendant law firm used to work together, and have waged an underlying feud involving litigation and an attorney grievance.
4 minute read

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