Here’s an analysis of the recent Ron Perelman–Morgan Stanley law suit by the New York Times. The moral: its a bad idea to fire your attorney, and threaten a legal malpractice case on the eve of trial. Details

Gannett Heirs succeeded, beyond their ad damnu requests with a $ 1.2 million dollar legal malpractice case against trust and estate lawyers Gunster Yoakely. As reported by the Florida Probate Litigation Blog this type of work is no place for amateurs. Details Gunster is facing a second phase of the case in which $…

Unlike New York, NJ appears to have no blanket rule preventing a person convicted of a crime from suing his criminal defense attorney for legal malpractice. Details
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Technology has advanced to the point that the ABA is giving a CLE series on how not to commit legal malpractice with your computer. Details.

South Carolina Appellate Blog reports that South Carolina’s appellate court reversed a summary judgment decision in favor of the attorney, finding that plaintiff’s allegations and her expert’s affidavit were sufficient to withstand the motion. Full case here.

Law Com reports a $100 Million dollar suit by the City of San Diego against 4 firms that participated in a bond offering. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is one of the firms. Details.

Here’s a rant from an appellate attorney about a South Dakota referendum seeking to sue judges. The ranter’s analysis: we need less, not more litigation, and this will simply add one more stage after trial, loss, sue the attorney, sue the judge. Details

When has a client lost its legal malpractice case even before its brought? The client loses when a similar claim has already been brought in a different setting. Its called collateral estoppel or res judicata. Here’s a fine example from the Illinois Legal Malpractice Blog. Details.