Today’s NYLJ reports that “A New York court has allowed Chadbourne & Parke to proceed with a fraud claim against the business manager of a former client who promised his boss’ legal bill would be paid out of proceeds from the sales of an Upper East Side townhouse and a Princeton estate.

Most legal fee…

Ever litigate a wage & hour claim. We haven’t [and were not aware of the term, either], but as always, if there is litigation, there can be errors. Here is a scholarly analysis frome Wagelaw.com of that area of the law and legal malpractice. The article.

1. Russell v. Legal Aid Soc’y, 05-3876-cv , UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT , 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 24794, September 29, 2006, Legal Malpractice case, previously dismissed in Fed Ct. was brought in State Court, with State causes of action only. Matter required remand. No real discussion of legal malpractice.…

1.Whelan v. Longo, COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW YORK , 2006 NY Slip Op 6375. Plaintiff did not list legal malpractice cause of action in schedules, may not sue.

2. Bishop v. Maurer, 7693, 7694 , SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT , 2006 NY Slip Op 7619; Estate…

Here is an article from Outside Counsel at the NYLJ, by Ronald D. Bratt,a law professor and the principal law clerk to Kings Supreme Justice Arthur M. Schack. It discusses the Ct.App. case in which the complaint was dismissed for failure to prosecute. This was not your typical case, and is food for thought. The…

Here is a case from California, reported by Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP: “Lawyer’s Failure to Advise of Non-Representation Created Issue of Fact Regarding Continued Representation

Gabriela Gonzalez vs. Emelikei Kalu, 140 Cal. App. 4th 21, 43 Cal. Rptr. 3rd 866 (June 2006)
The defendant attorney agreed to handle plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim against her employer.…

From the NYLJ: “A Manhattan appellate court has dismissed a legal malpractice suit on behalf of an elderly man who claimed his lawyers misled him into signing away control of his estate, but a dissenting judge said the majority’s decision “risks undermining the confidence of the public in the profession.”

Jack E. Maurer, who died…

It is the general rule in the US that a client may end the attorney-client relationship for any reason, good or bad. After the client ends the relationship, it is for a court to determine whether the termination was for cause or without cause.
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