It’s still an open question. In Prospect Corp. v Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP 2025 NY Slip Op 03659
Decided on June 17, 2025 the Appellate Division, First Department shied away from determining whether there is a NY privilege regarding confidential mediation documents.
“In this legal malpractice action, plaintiff Prospect Capital Corporation (Prospect) alleges that…
Alterman & Boop LLP v Emamian 2025 NY Slip Op 32118(U) June 13, 2025 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 650345/2024 Judge: Nicholas W. Moyne presents an unusual but not unprecedented situation where withdrawing attorneys obtained a decision on their fees. In this employment discrimination case setting, attorney fees were due from…
Meirowitz v Greenberg 2025 NY Slip Op 32124(U) June 13, 2025 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 659363/2024 Judge: Paul A. Goetz demonstrates the dangers of charging liens, litigation over attorney fees and a subsequent legal malpractice case.
“In this legal malpractice action defendants, Segal & Greenberg LLP, Margery Greenberg,
and Sara…
As one starts to read the decision in Follman v Gruber 2025 NY Slip Op 32078(U) June 6, 2025 Supreme Court, Kings County Docket Number: Index No. 508865/2023 Judge: Richard Velasquez one gets the impression that the defendant attorneys have the upper hand. Read on.
“Upon the foregoing papers, in this action by plaintiff Abron…
Robbins v O’Hara 2025 NY Slip Op 32005(U) June 5, 2025 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 152842/2022 Judge: David B. Cohen presents the attorney judgment defense in a setting where the Court finds that there is no unsettled or misunderstood law.
“In his complaint, plaintiff alleges that he retained defendants in…
North Flats LLC v Belkin Burden Goldman, LLP 2025 NY Slip Op 32003(U) June 4, 2025 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No.150420/2022 Judge: Richard G. Latin is the courtroom equivalent of a Broadway revival where the script was written by the AD and played out on a Supreme Court stage.
“Plaintiff, The…
Bernstein v Jacobson 2025 NY Slip Op 03173 Decided on May 28, 2025 Appellate Division, Second Department is the story of an attorney-client relationship gone bad. But…had it ended?
“In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Karina E. Alomar, J.), dated…
How to calculate when continuing representation ends is a continuing problem. Does the representation continue until new counsel come into the case? Does it continue until a consent to change attorney is filed? In Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v Leopold & Assoc., PLLC 2025 NY Slip Op 03220 Decided on May 28, 2025 Appellate Division…
Rhttps://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2025/2025_50862.htmotonde v Stewart Title Ins. Co. 2025 NY Slip Op 50862(U) Decided on May 23, 2025 Supreme Court, Westchester County Jamieson, is plaintiffs new try at litigating claims over transfer of the Mamaroneck Beach Realty Group. It fails for a number of reasons.
“In this case, the verified complaint contains five causes of…
Rules concerning legal malpractice litigation are unique, difficult and adhered to. Rules about appellate records are even more specific and adhered to. In Lubin v Arnold E. DiJoseph, P.C. 2025 NY Slip Op 03057 Decided on May 21, 2025 the Appellate Division, Second Department dismissed a pro-se appeal from a pro-se litigation of a legal…
