Single stockholder corporations are quite common. Entrepreneurs know that they must start a corporation, and they often equate the corporation’s activities with their own, for they, of course, are the CEO, CFO, COO, and sole shareholder. Here is an example of what can go wrong.
Baccash v. Sayegh is the story of a sole shareholder…
Yesterday we reported on a Nebraska case in which it was found that simply because a legal malpractice case came from a patent matter, it was not a federal question, sufficient for US District Court jurisdiction.
Now, hot on the heels, is this case: Singh v. Duane Morris, No. 07-20321. We’ll get the decision, but…
Jurisdiction in Federal District Court…harks back to the first few weeks of law school. Well, there’s diversity…and…and federal question. So, a legal malpractice case arising from a patent transaction…state court or federal district court?
Many the removed case has been found to have federal jurisdiction, but this Nebraska Case says that it may be brought…
Here is a convoluted intelectual property – patent legal malpractice case. Thelen Reid answers, and with its answer, raises more questions. Here, from Law.Com:
"Thelen argued that the company "and/or" third parties contributed to the IP losses and that IVI waived the alleged conflicts of interest. The firm also said the claims are barred by the…
Criminal Defense practitioners enjoy a special dispensation in the legal malpractice world. Plaintiff there must be able to allege [in New York] actual innocence. One need not allege freedom from wrong in the civil end of things.
In Hitham Abuhouran, Plaintiff-Appellant, -v.- Asher E. Lans, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
06-2857-pr UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR…
In this Bankruptcy-Legal Malpractice Case In re Monahan Ford Corp. of Flushing, Debtor. Richard J. McCord, as Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of Monahan Ford Corp. of Flushing, Plaintiff -against- Jaspan Schlesinger Hoffman, LLP, Defendant.
Case No. 02-23134-CEC, Chapter 7, Adv. Pro. No. 04-1496-CEC
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW…
A recent 3d Department Case gives a well reasoned, and well explained discussion of when the statute of limitations starts to run in legal malpractice situations where the attorney seeks to be relieved. The Third Department has a unique case, Aaron v. Roemer [discussed in Deep v. Boies, which cuts against the grain. …
Law.Com reports that:
"A former tech client of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner has filed a malpractice complaint against the firm and one of its partners and contends the firm concealed that it was simultaneously working for a key competitor.
Delaware-based IVI Smart Technologies Inc. and two subsidiaries claim that Thelen, led by San…
Walter Olson at Overlawyered brings us this reminder of the evolution of medical malpractice and legal malpractice. They spring from the same nexus, but move on to different outcomes, rules, and principals. Could this be because judges decide the law for doctors and lawyers differently?
"In a key victory for plaintiffs and their lawyers, the…
The Law Profession Blog reports a New Mexico case which intersects with the collateral estoppel question of legal malpractice and attorney fee arbitrations. Is legal malpractice a compulsory counterclaim to an attorney fee suit?
"The New Mexico Supreme Court held that a legal malpractice action need not be brought as a compulsory counterclaim to an…
