In a short squib, the New York Law Journal reports that Paul Weiss, Rikind Wharton & Garrison LLP has agreed to pay a part of the settlement of the “Boston Chicken Bankruptcy” case, stating that it decided to “forego the time, attention, resources and risk inherent in litigating and to participate in the global settlement.”

The $ 2.9 Million dollar settlement [or is it $5 Million?] settlement in Texas, first reported here on 2/10/06 [story]has really resonated with the legal press. The facts continue to be dissected and discussed. Here is a further article. details

Sparse on details, this legal malpractice arose out of a medical malpractice case in which the attorney failed to get his client into a breast implant class action. Settled yesterday, here are the details.

That’s a mouthful. What it means is that in the case of Toste Farm v. Battle Fowler, in New York County, the defendant attorneys may have “lulled” plaintiffs into deferring claims until far later than three years after the end of the attorney-client relationship. Anthony Lin reports in the NYLJ Battle Fowler, now Paul…

Here is an article about a Mass. legal malpractice law suit which involved attorneys working for the court, and a 15 year time span. More interesting is the statistic quoted near the end. 23,193 legal malpractice lawsuits nationwide during 2000-2003, with about 2/3 resulting in compensation. Details.

Here is a variant on the “$2.9 million Legal Malpractice Settlement in Austin Tx” which we published on 2/10/06. Here the publication cites a $ 5 million settlement and names one of the defendant attorneys, announcing that he is a “legal malpractice” expert. See for yourself.

Everyone made nice and the attorney who chose jail over legal malpractice has been released, and permitted to return to his criminal defense docket. Details.

This article thinks so. Read the details.