Legal Malpractice can pop up in any number of situations, as we have said just last week.  Here is a short blurb on a big dollar legal malpractice case in California, concerning Surfing Chicks, Paul Hastings, Kat House and trademarks.

"Too many ‘Surf Chicks’?

Los Angeles-based law firm Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP has been hit with a $30 million legal malpractice suit by a surfing-gear maker that hired it to trademark the phrase “Surf Chick.” The suit by Ventura, Calif.-based Kat House Productions claims Paul Hastings failed to register trademarks after saying it had done so. The suit, in Manhattan federal court, says Christian Dior SA was able to copy the “Surf Chick” mark because of the alleged negligence of the firm and several attorneys. “Had defendants properly applied for, and diligently prosecuted, the trademark applications, Christian Dior would not have been able to mimic and copy plaintiffs’ mark,” the complaint says. "