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Someone Wants 'the File': When to Produce Attorney Work Product

Clients may argue that they are entitled to any document that the lawyer created during the representation, including work product. Georgia cases have recognized certain exceptions to this rule.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

Unbeknownst to me, my client consulted with another firm on his personal injury case. I received a letter from the client that I am discharged and the new lawyer is taking over. How do I resolve the fee situation for the fees and costs the client owes me for my time?
12 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Widower of Houston Lawyer Sues Over Dismissed Med Mal Lawsuit

Tammy Henderson Peden's husband is suing Houston lawyer Reginald McKamie over his handling of a medical malpractice suit.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Supreme Court Denies Appeal in Strasburger Legal Mal Case

The order is a loss for Target Strike, a former client of Strasburger & Price and the Law Office of Donato D. Ramos.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Appeals Court Overturns Malpractice Verdict, Finding No Error in Missing Tort Claims Notice

The appeals court said the evidence did not present a prima facie claim for legal malpractice, because plaintiff's claims against the Hazlet police department and one of its officers for malicious prosecution and spoliation were not ripe during the period that defendant represented her.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Waterbury Attorney in Hot Seat for Failure to Turn Over Client's Real Estate Funds

A Waterbury attorney who was sentenced to 41 months in prison for bilking clients now faces a presentment for his handling of real estate proceeds.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

6 Connecticut Attorneys Disciplined for Trust Account Mismanagement, Ethics Violations

The Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel found against six Connecticut attorneys.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I work for a firm where the partners are attorneys in their late 60s and early 70s—and rarely come in. But they do have a caseload and have their paralegals handling it unless it has to go to litigation. Then the files are assigned to the firm's associates. Can the partner do this or is their conduct unethical?
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Florio Perrucci Accused of Botching Defense in $8.7M Verdict

A malpractice lawsuit claims the firm failed to assert statutory immunity defenses.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Federal Lawsuit Claims South Florida Firm's Negligence Caused Company's $4M Loss

A Kansas investment firm claims language in transactional documents prepared by West Palm Beach law firm Anthony LG PLLC caused serious problems with four different clients. But the defendant attorneys say the allegations are "spurious."
3 minute read

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