Veras Investment Partners, LLC, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Defendant-Respondent.
3812N, 600340/07
SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
2008 NY Slip Op 5563;
June 19, 2008, Decided
The court granted a motion by defendants requiring plaintiffs to divulge attorney client discussions ‘granting defendant’s motion for…
MITCHELL PHILLIPS AND DALE PHILLIPS, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v MORAN & KUFTA, P.C., JOSEPH J. MORAN, ESQ., RICHARD J. KUFTA, ESQ., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, ET AL., DEFENDANT.
718 CA 07-02711
SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FOURTH DEPARTMENT
2008 NY Slip Op 6025;
July 3, 2008, Decided
JUDGES: PRESENT: SCUDDER , P.J., HURLBUTT , SMITH , GREEN…
In this Lexology report, the lawfirm Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP argues that a fall decision of the Court of Appeals re-affirms the principal that a legal malpractice claim might proceed even in fhe fact of documents signed by plaintniff or its predecessor. The facts of Bishop v. Maurer 2007 NY Slip…
Law.com reports that the Proskauer Rose legal malpractice case continues, but that a discovery dispute over deposition documents has been decided in Proskauer’s favor.
"Proskauer Rose will not be required to turn over internal working papers in a legal malpractice suit filed by Boca Aviation, the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday.
Documents used…
NY Lawyer [and Law.com] report that Linklaters is being sued for $55 million in "one of the largest cases against a top U.K. law firm in recent times.
The Magic Circle firm is preparing for a 20-day trial in the High Court next January over claims it gave negligent advice to Baltic telecoms company Levicom.…
As part of the "but for" rule, a hypothetical judgment which plaintiff would have won, except for the attorney’s mistake, is the measure of damages in legal malpractice. We have written about this in the New York Law Journal. [4/20/07] The defense of collectibility is that even if successful in the case below, plaintiff would…
To what extent may a legal malpractice defendant seek disclosure of privileged discussions? The general answer is if they are "at issue" in the legal malpractice. Here in the Akin Gump legal malpractice case is a good example. From Law.Com:
"Manhattan appeals court has narrowed the scope of discovery Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld…
The Times Leader reports on a $ 3.4 Million legal malpractice action taking place there, now, post verdict. The twist is that the winner of the case, executor of an estate had asked the trial judge to recuse himself because of financial conflict of interest.
"Attorneys for the Slusser family have asked Luzerne County Court…
This case from New Jersey illustrates the border line between behavior that is so bad that an expert is not needed at trial to testify on whether there was a deviation, and behavior that is bad, but still requires an expert. The NJ court found in TARUTIS, v. ALAN ACKERMAN and GREGORY WISOTSKY, that:
"No…
Arbitration clauses in attorney-client retainer agreements is a trend. Law firms, who presumably know the costs and efficiencies of litigation choose arbitration in the belief that most cases they are involved in will be a fee dispute. Legal malpractice, either as a counterclaim to a fee demand or on its own does sometimes intrude, however.…
