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Arnall Golden Gregory Legal Malpractice Lawsuit Over Middle Georgia Solar Project Settles

The suit accused AGG of concealing information from a client that a solar technology company was about to go bankrupt and could not fulfill its contractual obligations.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Troutman Pepper Facing $5M Malpractice Claim by Startup Co-Founders

Two shareholders in an e-commerce startup allege Troutman Pepper "succumbed to conflicts of interest" between competing company founders.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Justices OK Binding Arbitration Clause in Lawyer's Engagement Contract

Ruling in a case of first impression, the high court said a legal malpractice claim against a lawyer could be forced into arbitration despite the plaintiff's claim that it was not fully informed of the clause's ramifications.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Legal Malpractice In the Time of Plague

How will the COVID pandemic change our judicial systems, and will there be any effect on legal malpractice?
12 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

BAR REPORT - Capitol Report

NJSBA to appear as amicus in real estate and RPCs cases
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Nelson Mullins, Ex-Partner Face Malpractice Claims Over EB-5 Visa Work

The complaint said former Nelson Mullins partner Steve Park worked to set up a competing operation to market EB-5 visas while still serving a corporate counsel for Southern States Regional Center.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Ex-Clients Seek $1M From Fort Worth-Area Lawyer, Accused of Benefiting From Investment Conflict of Interest

Two clients allege the attorney led them to a real estate investment that lost all their money and said he didn't disclose his alleged connection to the investment company.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Appeals Court Rejects Legal Malpractice Claim Against Phila. PI Firm

The Superior Court looked to the former client's deposition in the legal malpractice case and said he failed to provide enough evidence to make a fraudulent inducement case, since he appeared to remember very little about his communications with the Spear, Greenfield firm.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I represent a law firm where one of the lawyers was discovered diverting cases and fees. The law firm has asked me to report this to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. I had represented the lawyer who diverted the fees for a number of years ago. The present case has nothing to do with my prior representation of that lawyer long ago. Is there any ethical rule that prohibits me from reporting a former client?
11 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'Dangerous and Nuts': Attorneys Debate Automatic Law Licenses for Grads Who Miss Bar Exams Amid COVID-19

"In all honesty, I don't see what the bar exam has to do with the actual practice of law," said West Hartford-based solo practitioner Kara Hart.
4 minute read

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