As one commentator said, its odd that the attorney-client privilege is broken only when the attorney is sued for Legal malpracitce. However, it is less than clear how the ‘at use” principal plays into legal malpractice litigation.

Here is a case where the defendant attorney wants information from the successor or suing attorney which will…

For a short article on this class action case see: http://www.law.com/jsp/pc/buslaw.jsp

Legal Malpractice representation often requires examination of the retainer agreement. Here is an interesting case on the issue.

“A provision of a retainer agreement requiring a client to pay her lawyer’s costs in the event of a successful fee collection action has been voided by a Manhattan appellate court as against public policy.

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NJ.Com reports the following case: Liberty Surplus Insurance Co., Inc. v. Nowell Amoroso, P.A.
“In 1993, owners of the nightclub Scandals claimed it had failed because of harassment by East Orange police. The law firm Nowell Amoroso won a $400,000 verdict on behalf of the nightclub but it was thrown out on appeal because…

Mark Twain coined the phrase, and it remains true today. “An attorney who represents himself…” Anthony Lin in the New York Law Journal tell us:

“A Manhattan Housing Court judge has sanctioned a well-known real estate lawyer who withheld maintenance on his own Park Avenue co-op for lying “repeatedly and without shame” in a 2005…

Here is a legal malpractice case which ends in an award to the client, as well as a disciplinary finding against the attorney.

“Nearly six months after he drafted a client’s divorce agreement in 2001, attorney Bruce Beck knew he had made a mistake in its wording. He first realized the problem after a hearing…

We reported on this case earlier. Now this case, which accuses a judge of legal malpractice prior to the bench, has settled. It seems that there are big numbers involved, but nothing published. Details.

It’s not exactly Legal Malpractice, but this Tax Shelter case against law giant Sidley Austin has been revived after new evidence surfaced in a federal criminal proffer. Here are the details in Williams v. Sidley Austin Details