The Second Circuit approved a huge class action settlement in a legal malpractice case against Jenkins & Gilchrist. Details. Imagine! Paying $ 89 million, and Jenkins calls it “home run.”. The settlement arose in the case of Thomas Denney, et al. v. Deutsche Bank AG, et al.

Here is a report from the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin on the web on an Illinois Appellate Decision [subscription required] and punitive damages. Short details here.

Here is a private report of a New York – Connecticut attorney legal malpractice case involving an immigration attorney. Details.

In the last word on Maryland Legal Malpractice Immunity, the Baltimore Sun reports that the legislature has given up on its new bill.

The NYLJ reports a case where the attorney wants to withdraw. Withdrawing is always a potential legal malpractice problem. Read about this particular case.
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LEGAL MALPRACTICE – Settlement of Underlying Action – To establish a prima facie case for legal malpractice, plaintiff must prove the four elements of defendant’s failure to use that degree of care, skill and diligence commonly used by a member of the legal community, proximate cause, damages, and that plaintiff would have been successful in…

LEGAL MALPRACTICE – Damages – Proximate Cause – Anticipated Events – Speculative – An attorney’s failure to file an injunction against plaintiff’s competitor is too speculative to be deemed the proximate cause of plaintiff’s damages in a legal malpractice action. Moreover, speculation on future events, including anticipated court rulings, does not establish that but for…

Only in Palm Beach. Plaintiff was making big bucks. Plaintiff was living in a country club. Plaintiff was not paying his US taxes, and the government eventually came after him. His belief? The company was and should have been paying his taxes. He’s lost it all, and is now suing the company and the attorneys.…