Plaintiff  in this Long Island Legal Malpractice case was a company that wanted to create and bottle barbecue sauce. They looked for a site, and unfortunately came up with a building on a hazardous waste site.  However, only the attorneys knew of this small problem, and they did not let the clients know.

"RITTER, J.:  The…

Law.Com reports  on events in the California Bar discussion on requiring disclosure of legal malpractice insurance coverage.   "Attempting to mollify critics, a California Bar committee on Thursday recommended a significant change to a proposal that would require attorneys to tell clients if they don’t carry malpractice insurance.

But one member opposed to disclosure insisted…

What does an Ohio legal malpractice case teach us in New York?  This case illustrates the "but for" aspect of legal malpractice.  While it is not a different burden than showing "proximate cause" in other litigation [we’ll be talking about a 2d Department case in the coming days that illustrates this principal] it is always…

Here is the case , Laddcap Value Partners LP v. Lowenstein Sandler PC, 600973-2007
Decided: December 5, 2007 ,Justice Carol Robinson Edmead ,NEW YORK COUNTY
Supreme Court
Counsel for Plaintiff: Danzig Fishman & Decea
Counsel for defendant: Arkin Kaplan & Rice LLP

We reported on this abusive practices/gender sarcasm case last week. 

"I am…

This case from Washington state, Schmidt v. Coogan, illustrates two common situations in legal malpractice.  The first is on the lawyer’s side.  Client slips and falls on spilled shampoo in a store.  She goes to the attorney, who happily takes the case.  He tells the client that it’s a good case, and he will…

Lawyers handle cases for people who are sometimes desperate.  While it may little matter whether a large corporations loses a million dollars in a deal, many times an attorney deals with much more dire circumstances for the client.  They may have lost a life’s savings; children may suffer.

This tragic story involves an attorney who…

Here is a scholarly article on Canadian legal malpractice trends from the Practice Pro blog site.  Its conclusion is that wills & estates legal malpractice cases are on the rise, and will continue this trend. 

Risk managers look to frequency and severity in their analysis of trends.  Frequency is the raw number of cases.  Severity…

Everyone knows that oil drilling is a cutthroat buisness. Here is an interesting story.  Did the law firm capitilize on inside knoweldge?  Plaintiff’s story is that it is in the niche business of developing old oil wells, and was in the process of buying from another business in bankruptcy.  They had to hire a W.Va.