Goldstein v Scott Seidler Family Trust 2025 NY Slip Op 31422(U) April 22, 2025 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 156268/2021 Judge: Judy H. Kim is a very unusual attorney fee/legal malpractice defense case. It is unusual for the initial highly aggressive procedure, as well as the assuredness with which the Court…

Mohammad v Rehman 2025 NY Slip Op 01622 Decided on March 19, 2025 Appellate Division, Second Department has a Judiciary Law 487 claim which is dismissed on the pleadings as not bad enough. This is a very common CPLR 3211 decision in Judiciary Law 487 cases.

“In October 2019, the plaintiff commenced this action against…

Here, defendants oppose amendment, renew their opposition, and then take an appeal. The appeal fails.

“In May 2016, the plaintiffs commenced this action to recover damages for legal malpractice against the defendant, their former attorneys, who represented the plaintiffs in connection with leasing certain real property located in Manhattan. The plaintiffs amended the complaint in…

Real Estate transactions and litigation take up a major space in the legal malpractice world. Lending Assets LLC v Gerbi 2025 NY Slip Op 31229(U) April 10, 2025 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 152329/2023 Judge: Judy H. Kim is one such example.

“In this legal malpractice action, plaintiff alleges that on…

Kakushadze v Skin Cancer & Aesthetic Surgery, P.C. 2025 NY Slip Op 31149(U) April 3, 2025 Supreme Court, Kings County Docket Number: Index No. 500196/2023 Judge: Ingrid Joseph seems to be (the decision does not discuss representation of plaintiff) the kind of issues that arise in pro-se cases.

“Plaintiff Zurab Kakushadze (“Plaintiff”) commenced this action…

Whether other issues will work in the attorney’s favor is a question for summary judgment. In Golden Ins. Co. v Vogrin & Frimet, LLP 2025 NY Slip Op 31103(U) April 4, 2025 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 162162/2023 Judge: Mary V. Rosado, the court held that failing to raise a controlling…

The words “legal malpractice” are mentioned only in passing, yet Medical Supply of NY Corp. v State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. 2025 NY Slip Op 50412(U) Decided on April 1, 2025 Civil Court Of The City Of New York, Kings County Roper, J. is a fascinating analysis of what is a signature. The notary…

Link Motion Inc. v DLA Piper LLP (US) 2025 NY Slip Op 30568(U) February 14, 2025 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 653322/2022 Judge: Andrew Borrok has an unusual opening line stating that the only question really before the court is whether to sanction plaintiff or not.

“Upon the foregoing documents as…