On a fairly simple factual level, Dewald v Dewald 2026 NY Slip Op 31523(U)
April 10, 2026 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 161582/2025 Judge: Phaedra F. Perry-Bond discusses the dividing line between advocacy and deceit, and what will convert one to the other.

“The Judiciary Law § 487 is dismissed (see…

There has been a lot of back and forth about AI mistakes in case citation, and overly unreasonable reliance on AI in guiding legal arguments. We think that Kleyman Law Group, P.C. v Kaloidis 2026 NY Slip Op 31557(U) April 13, 2026 Supreme Court, Kings County Docket Number: Index No. 502644/25 Judge: Heela D. Capell…

In an unusually detailed and explanatory decision, Judge Hasa A. Kingo dissects the question of successor liablity in a legal malpractice setting, contribution and indemnity between predecessor and successor counsel and legal malpractice. The case is 99th Ave. Holdings, LLC v Schatz 2026 NY Slip Op 31476(U) April 9, 2026 Supreme Court, New York County…

The First Department determined this discovery dispute concerning whether attorney-client communications were privileged or waived in Prospect Capital Corp. v Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, 2026 NY Slip Op 02220, April 14, 2026.

“In this legal malpractice case, Supreme Court providently denied plaintiff’s motion for a protective order as to categories 15, 19, and…

A close reading of Halperin v Van Dam 2026 NY Slip Op 02333 April 16, 2026 Appellate Division, First Department implies that (counterintuitiviely) it is not worth that much.

“This case arises from plaintiffs’ purchase of an apartment located on the eighth floor of 32 West 20th Street, New York, New York (the Building). The…

Shaikh v Davis 2026 NY Slip Op 31320(U) April 1, 2026 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 100809/2025 Judge: Hasa A. Kingo presents the question of what happens if a CPLR 3211 motion is made after an answer.

“Plaintiff Zia H. Shaikh (pro se) commenced this legal malpractice action on August 1,…

Aberbach-Marolda v Cherner 2026 NY Slip Op 02089 April 8, 2026 Appellate Division, Second Department is a real curiosity. A star appellate team for Defendant-Appellant, appealing from a negative outcome at a very rare legal malpractice trial and what seems to be an uninsured attorney Plainitff. Much seems to turn on evidentiary missteps prior to…

Link Motion Inc. v DLA Piper LLP (us) 2026 NY Slip Op 02066 April 7, 2026

Appellate Division, First Department is a short distillation of how a legal malpractice clame can go wrong. Here, it ended in dismissal, attorney-fee sanction and the award of $ 482,390 to DLA Piper.

“Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County…