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North Dakota Attorney Disbarred for Separate Disciplinary Proceedings in Less Than 4 Years

The hearing panel concluded that Pilch violated rules of professional conduct involving diligence, communication, and failing to take reasonably practical steps to protect a client's interests.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Kirkland, Jackson Walker and Ex-Bankruptcy Judge Hit With Another Suit

A former CEO alleges Jackson Walker and Kirkland knew of a judge's relationship with a partner "and used it to profit" by bringing tens of millions of dollars through the "Jones'-Freeman conduit."
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Case to Proceed Against McCarter & English

Both parties agreed that legal malpractice has a three-year statute of limitations, while breach-of-contract claims have a six-year statute of limitations.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

'One Firm' or Separate Entities? Vereins' Growth Bumps Into Conflicts, Liability Concerns

A ruling from an Illinois appellate court has put Baker McKenzie's structure under scrutiny, two years after Dentons was saddled with a $32 million malpractice verdict that also implicated the firm's verein status.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Appellate Court Upholds Dismissal of Legal-Mal Claim Against Barnes & Thornburg Lawyer

"Litigation strategy can be much debated among lawyers," Leonard's attorneys, former Supreme Court Justice Keith Blackwell, Steven Collins and Meredith Kingsley of Alston & Bird, wrote in their appellee brief. "That leaves even seasoned litigators open to second-guessing, especially when their decisions are viewed in hindsight after an adverse ruling."
3 minute read

Law.com

Disbarred Attorney Must Pay $1.3M in Restitution for the 'Most Egregious and Extensive Trust Violation' Commission Has Ever Seen

"In recommending disbarment, the Commission asserted that the scope and magnitude of Doud's ethical failures were 'unequaled in the Commission's collective experience,' and this case proved the most egregious and extensive trust violation and misappropriation/commingling case to ever come before it," the order said.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Mere Dissatisfaction With Case Outcome Does Not Constitute Malpractice

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
2 minute read

The Recorder

L.A. Firm, Attorney Subject of Malpractice, Breach of Fiduciary Duty Suit for 'King Fury 2' Movie

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just filed cases in state and federal courts.
3 minute read

The Recorder

California Law Firm Accused of Legal Malpractice and Fraudulent Billing Practices

This case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
4 minute read

The Recorder

LA Firms Held 'Front Row Seats' to Client Embezzlement, Suit Says

Am Law 200 firm Buchalter and Los Angeles stalwart Parker Milliken Clark O'Hara and Samuelian represented a Beverly Hills attorney who was removed from his role as trustee after an arbitrator found he embezzled $20 million.
5 minute read

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