An interesting business report, which was widely repeated across the midwest business journals tells of the evolution of a law firm. As its medical malpractice dwindled, it took up legal malpractice work, evolving upward. Details.

Carla Martin, of Zacarias Moussaoui fame, is being sued for legal malpractice, and of conspiring with the airline company. Details

We reported on this case on 4/3/06 . Now the court has cut punitive damage awards. Details

In an area common to all attorneys, and frequently the basis of a legal malpractice case, the State of NY has proposed the following, according to the NYLJ:

“The fund is calling for a new court rule that would safeguard the escrow accounts of suspended and disbarred attorneys. There is now apparently no clear…

Cairncross & Hempelmann PC has been sued by venture capitalist Brent Nelson alleging that two courts ruled against him for fraud, violations of the state Securities act and negligent misrepresentations, arising from an employment dispute between a Seattle tech startup and its founders. Details.

No area of social or legal import remains outsides the bounds of Legal Malpractice. Here is a story by the Boston Globe about a rock club which sued its attorneys DiMento & Sullivan after litigation gone bad. Details.

Plaintiffs who asserted 13 causes of action against Sidley Austin Brown have avoided dismissal.Justice Fried in Supreme Court, New York County found claims failure to disclose a conflict of interest sufficient to state a cause of action for legal malpractice. Further, plaintiff’s assertion that defendant should have known that the transactions at issue in the…

The NYLJ reports that the Lawyers Fund for Client Protection shows a big spike in the monies paid out to clients. This year [2005] the amount was $ 8.1 million. Money for the Client’s fund comes from attorney registration fees.

It is likely that each dollar of re-imbursement represents a legal malpractice incident. For the…