We reported the story of an attorney who robbed a pharmacy three times in 11 minutes. His story gets worse.
"An attorney accused of robbing a pharmacy three times in a span of a few minutes jumped head first from his fifth-floor hospital room Thursday, landing on the roof of a nearby two-story building.
Robert…
We chanced across this story about Jesse James, his legal problems, and the proposed solution to being sued. One Lawyer’s Showdown With Jesse James
"The thought of a showdown with notorious Wild West bank robber Jesse James conjures up images of six-shooters drawn on a dusty main street. But it appears that one brave Missouri…
The New York Law Journal reports that some of the hedge fund legal malpractice action against Akin Gump have been dismissed.
"A New York state judge has granted Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s motion to dismiss several claims filed against it by a former hedge fund client, but has permitted a fraud claim to…
The axiom is that the gears of the law grind thoroughly, but slowly. Here is an article from the Madison Record which has asiduously followed the Lakin Group legal malpractice law suit. Now, defendant’s attorney has to report his client’s address, so that Lakin can be served with a deposition notice. He didn’t. The Story:…
We follow the new appellate decisions in the Case Prep Plus site. Here is the full note on a case from this week entitled Harrison v Good Samaritan Hosp. Med. Ctr. 2007 NY Slip Op 06833
Decided on September 18, 2007 . Appellate Division, Second Department
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"CIVIL PROCEDURE. CPLR 3126 NOTICE. FAILURE TO PROSECUTE.
We needed a graph to try to figure out who did what to whom in this case. Levy v Laing
2007 NY Slip Op 06765 Decided on September 18, 2007 Appellate Division, First Department
" In 1986, defendant Jeffrey Laing retained plaintiff John Corcos Levy, Esq., for a one-third contingency fee, to prosecute a legal malpractice…
Being a defendant is bad; being an erring plaintiff’s attorney is probably worse. Here is a case from Broolklyn in which a well known plaintiff’s personal injury attorney now must show cause why she and her client were not frivolous. Basically, it is said that they sued the wrong landowner, and did not dismiss after…
Here is a blog commenting on a blog commenting on a blog. It demonstrates the viral nature of this medium. More to the point, it disucsses the relationship between a plaintiff, a defendant, his auto insruance comapny and the attorneys selected by the insurer. As all know, there is an inherent conflict between the attorney…
We guess that this is Web.3 Its a podcast [that is, a audio web broaddast] on the use of computers, cumputer security and legal malpractice. "
Jim Arden, a California litigating attorney who focuses on attorney malpractice and legal ethics, discusses the issues of computer security. Technology is a great tool that allows us…
From the Madison Record::
"Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder overlooked the obvious when she asked appellate judges if the Lakin Law Firm represented a woman, according to the woman’s attorney.
George Ripplinger of Belleville, representing Suzanne Krause, asked Crowder on Sept. 13 to vacate an order she signed Aug. 23, certifying questions about…
