Paul J. Israelson writes in todays NYLJ about a pitfall, which while well settled and recognized, is often overlooked. If plaintiff files for bankruptcy, in any chapter, between the date of the malpractice and the inception of the legal malpractice case, the cause of action really belongs to the bankruptcy estate, which is controlled by…

Mayor Gionfriddo of Middletown CT is reportedly the subject of a plethora of lawsuits, both legal malpractice and other. This Middletown CT article lays out the sad story.

It’s an interesting variant on the question of privity, but this Maryland case allows a guardian ad litem to be sued for legal malpractice, even though there was no attorney-client relationship in the usual terms. Details.

Although not entirely on the point of legal malpractice, here is a blog entry about Legal advertisin and legal malpractice by Allison C. Shields in her Legal Ease blog.. Here, plaintiff sued attorney for early and insufficient settlement, alleging that attorney advertised its quality and high settlements, along with legal malpractice.

Here is a case of a recently vindicated convict. He was convicted of murder, and served many years in jail. His case was remanded, and dismissed on the basis that there was insufficient evidence that the child who died was murdered; it may have been an accident. It is said in the news article that…

Insurance Week Blog reports this 6th Circuit Legal Malpractice statute of limitations case which points out the difference between a “discovery” statute and a “event” statute. Plaintiff wanted the statute to start running when she found out about the mistake, the court determined that it began to run when the mistake was made. Details. This…

Here is a strange story from Christopher R. Jones of the PSLRA Nugget Blog about class-action plaintiffs who attempted to sue the class-action attorneys, only to have the entire case fall apart. After a $ 160 million + recovery, several plaintiffs brought the legal malpractice action based upon the claim that Arthur Andersen was not…

Here is a case from Virginia, in which an innocent man was convicted of murder. He served time, and was later released. He successfully obtained compensation from the State of Virginia of $ 750,000, and followed with a legal malpractice suit against his attorneys. The legal malpractice case was dismissed on the basis that state…