Reading this case, in which there is an ancillary legal malpractice case, reminded us of the ubiquitousnature of legal malpractice.  This case, ELIOT I. BERNSTEIN, et al., Plaintiffs, – against – STATE OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants.07 Civ. 11196 (SAS);  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK  2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61269August 8, 2008, Decided   August 8, 2008, Filed  makes for fascinating reading.  Just look how it starts:
 

Plaintiff: "This action presents a dramatic story of intrigue, car bombing, conspiracy, video technology, and murder. In short, plaintiffs allege that hundreds of defendants engaged in a massive conspiracy to violate their civil rights and, in the process, contributed to the Enron bankruptcy and the presidency of George W. Bush. In plaintiffs’ words:
Plaintiffs depict a conspiratorial pattern of fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation, that runs so wide and so deep, that it tears at the very fabric, and becomes the litmus test, of what has come to be known as free commerce through inventors’ rights and due process in this country, and in that the circumstances involve inventors’ rights tears at the very fabric of the Democracy protected under the Constitution of the United States."

Defendants: " For many years, pro se Plaintiffs Eliot I. Bernstein and Plaintiff Stephen Lamont have engaged in a defamatory and harassing campaign . . . alleging an immense global conspiracy . . . . Although largely unintelligible, the  [*3] [Amended Complaint] purports to describe a fantastic conspiracy among members of the legal profession, judges and government officials and private individuals and businesses to deprive plaintiffs of what they describe as their "holy grail" technologies"