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Coworking Space: Risks for Practitioners

While the millennial-friendly trend of obtaining coworking space or sharing office space with other professionals or attorneys is becoming more commonplace, it can create some risk for practitioners and even confusion for clients.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Finding Attorneys in Contempt for Clients' Actions in Divorce Case

No one wants to be held in contempt of court, and attorneys do their best to try and keep their clients from being held in contempt, but there are times when an attorney can be held in contempt of court for what his client does or does not do.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Real Estate Businessman Claims Law Firm Defrauded Him in Unethical Side Deal

Lee Moncho, a former owner of a six-story Manhattan office building, claims attorney Jonathan Pasternak secretly took a $25,000 brokerage fee and the misconduct bungled a bankruptcy. 
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Engagement Letters, Arbitration and Legal Malpractice

Always a fervent supporter of arbitration, Bob took special pains to ensure that his clients-turned- malpractice-plaintiffs would see him, not in court, but in arbitration. Magic? Nope. Just contract drafting.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Feds to Miami Judge: Legal Malpractice Case Could Interfere With Jay Peak Grand Jury Probe

Federal prosecutors referred to a previously undisclosed investigation in a motion to stay the malpractice case against a Los Angeles firm and New York partner.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-LeClairRyan Client Lodges $28M Malpractice Claim in Firm's Bankruptcy

A hotel operator wants to tap the defunct firm's insurance coverage to resolve a dispute that stems from damage in 2003's Hurricane Isabel.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

US Asks to Halt Mitchell Silberberg Malpractice Case, Revealing Grand Jury Probe

Allowing a $260 million malpractice case against Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp and one of its partners to proceed would impact an ongoing investigation and prosecution, the Justice Department said.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I am leaving a law firm, but in my employment contract, I have a 45-day period where I have agreed to remain with the firm. Do I have to wait to notify the clients until the 45-day period is up and what are my obligations to future clients who should come in during that time period?
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Following Student's Injury Settlement, School Insurer's Legal Mal Claim Fails—For Now

The defendant firm represented the Irvington Board of Education in a lawsuit stemming from a student sustaining a broken elbow at Union Avenue Middle School.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Dispute Over Sills Cummis Retainer Heads to High Court

A petition to the court called the issue "a topic affecting this state's entire legal profession."
5 minute read

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