Today’s NYLJ features an article by Marcia Coyle on a series of cases coming up before the US Supreme Court.  Of the 6 cases to be heard [almost triple the usual number] at least four are legal malpractice scenario:  Wood v. Allen  is a death penalty case in Alabama in which a newly admitted attorney failed…

We end this week with a look at a huge legal malpractice action just brought against Greenberg Traurig LLP, based upon patent work, and a more than $1 million judgment entered against their client.  Widely reported yesterday, the complaint was set forth in the NYLJ.  What is it about?

The complaint alleges that defendants…

Here is how a borrowing statute affects litigation and why a Pennsylvania statute of limitations applies to New York litigation.  CPLR 202 requires that when a nonresident sues on a cause of action accruing outside New York, CPLR 202 requires the cause of action to be timely under the limitations periods of both New York…

Landlord hires big-time Landlord-Tenant attorneys in New York City, and expect that the attorneys are in fact bringing a series of eviction proceedings.  This case alleges that they did not, yet charged fees, and misled the client.  What is a client to do?  In this instance they sued for legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty…

Were one to read each of the 150+ legal malpractice cases decisions filed each year, one would see a wide range of attorney-client problems.  Some are frivolous and some very serious.  This case, DAVID GOLDSTEIN, Plaintiffs, – against – ALLEN S. GOLD and LAW OFFICES OF ALLEN S. GOLD, Defendants;No. 06 CV 6707…

When one files a petition in bankruptcy, ownership of assets is upended.  Some if not all assets of the debtor become part of the estate, and will be used to pay creditors.  A current cause of action in legal malpractice, even if not reduced to a law suit is one such asset.  What happens if…

Since the Court of Appeals decided Amalfitano v. Rosenberg  we have seen an upswing in reported successful Judiciary Law 487 cases.  Here in Moormann v Hoerger ;2009 NY Slip Op 06518 ;Decided on September 15, 2009 ;Appellate Division, Second Department plaintiff loses legal malpractice, but avoids summary judgment on the Judiciary Law cause…

In Tatum v. Oberg; UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT;2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82208;September 3, 2009 we see a spirited discussion of the overlap between fraud claims and negligence, as well as a discussion of the overlap between breach of contact claims and negligence.  It is a 2d Circuit case decided…