Read about the big changes sought in contingency fee medical malpractice and wrongful death cases, which was voted out of committee and goes to the Assembly in New York State. Details

Even stripped of its defenses [see the earlier report] Winston & Strawn gains dismissal of the suit. The Appellate Division reversed Supreme Court, and dismissed. The Appellate Division found the allegations “conclusory” and that self-ineterest or conflict of interest had not been shown. Here, the Town was a “sophisticated client.”

We reported on this yesterday, but here is a further blog blurb from the NYLJ on this legal malpractice case.
Continue Reading Copmputer Associates Legal Malpractice Case

Here is an example of the lawyer and successor lawyer question in Richardson v. Lindenbaum & Young, from todays NYLJ.
Continue Reading Lawyers and Successor Lawyers in Legal Malpractice

Here is a short blog blip from Chicago [Subscription required]. I guess that the defendant attorney argues that he is not required to engage in legal fictions in order to avoid legal malpractice. Details.

Here’s a short entry from Chicago [subscription required] about the dismissal of a legal malpractice case on “foreseeablitiy” Details

Here is a reprinted GO article on ways to avoid legal malpractice.

In Legal Malpractice litigation, defendants have the benefit of the principal of the reasonable judgment rule, This more or less absolute rule has been changed in KY. As reported by Cassandra Crotty in the Illinois Legal Malpractice Blog, we see this new case. Details.