Judiciary Law § 487 is an ancient statute, emanating from long-ago England centuries before Brexit.  In Charles Deng Acupuncture, P.C. v Titan Ins. Co.  2016 NY Slip Op 26211  Decided on June 30, 2016  Civil Court Of The City Of New York, Kings County  Montelione, J. we see (what appears to us) a unique and…

Plaintiff law firm sues for unpaid fees. Knowingly, they wait more than three years after the end of the relationship to do so.  Client files a legal malpractice counterclaim.  Is it too late?  The answer is “kinda.”

Balanoff v Doscher  2016 NY Slip Op 04896  Decided on June 22, 2016  Appellate Division, Second Department reminds…

Was the wrongdoer a rogue or a trusted insider?  Should the professional have deduced that there was wrongful conduct which damaged the corporation?  If it was not discovered is there malpractice?

Stokoe v Marcum & Kliegman LLP  2016 NY Slip Op 00587 [135 AD3d 645]  January 28, 2016
Appellate Division, First Department answers some of…

Justice Kornreich defends the integrity and reach of New York courts in GE Oil & Gas, Inc. v Turbine Generation Servs., L.L.C.  2016 NY Slip Op 50825(U)  Decided on May 27, 2016
Supreme Court, New York County  Kornreich, J. which is a high-level commercial case over the question of loan v. investment.  Of interest to…

Caso v Miranda Sambursky Slone Sklarin, Verveniotis LLP  2016 NY Slip Op 30965(U)
May 26, 2016  Supreme Court, New York County  Docket Number: 159192/2015  Judge: Carol R. Edmead is an example of a fact studded complaint which alleges a cause of action, but then shreds under analysis by the Court.  Was it because the wrong…

Caso v Miranda Sambursky Slone Sklarin, Verveniotis LLP   2016 NY Slip Op 30965(U)
May 26, 2016  Supreme Court, New York County  Docket Number: 159192/2015  Judge: Carol R. Edmead is an example of a well pled complaint which shreds at the CPLR 3211 stage.  Today, we  examine the underlying claimed departures and how the Court treated…

We challenge you to make sense of this follie a deux.  Sanko v Roth  2016 NY Slip Op   30930(U)  May 17, 2016  Supreme Court, New York County  Docket Number: 650025/14
Judge: Gerald Lebovits.  The defendant is either plaintiff’s attorney or not.  He either started cases for plaintiff as his attorney or he did not.  We…

It’s the first time we have seen this approach. Plaintiff sues for a declaratory judgment that Defendant attorneys overbilled their client, as well as on claims of legal malpractice.  In Berardi v Phillips Nizer, LLP  2016 NY Slip Op 30860(U)  May 6, 2016  Supreme Court, New York County
Docket Number: 157690/2012  Judge: Nancy M. Bannon…