Lok Lau, who was formerly an undercover FBI agent, was fired. He appears to have been swept up in other criminal proceedings, and hired defendant attorney to sue for employment discrimination. He lost and now sues. “A former FBI special agent who was fired by the bureau after spending years undercover in the late 1980s…

In Choctaw County, Alabama, this attorney is running, unopposed, for a judgeship. Nevertheless, he now is on trial for legal malpractice. Details. “Democratic nominee and apparent circuit judge-elect Stuart C. DuBose will be in court in Mobile County Oct. 2, facing charges of legal malpractice and other improprieties regarding the estate of a deceased Washington…

Attorneys tell “war stories” at CLE sessions, at association parties, and many other places. Here is a war story that led to defamation and legal malpractice litigation in Mass. Details.
Continue Reading Telling a War Story? Beware! Legal Malpractice may Follow

This is a case [Agate v. Herrick Feinstein, NYLJ 9/20/06, York. J] with fairly far-reaching effects. Plaintiff arbitrated a securities case, and the arbitration went badly. Plaintiff thought he should have been awarded several millions of dollars yet received only several hundred thousand dollars in award, paying almost that much in legal fees. The…

As a reminder of the real-world consequences of legal representation, here is a Oklahoma case. Plaintiff is the wife of a man who was apparently taunted at work so badly that he committed suicide. They had hired defendant attorney to get his employment to stop the harrassment. No suit was filed, and after the suicide,…

“Accused of malpractice, former Geneva Steel lead attorney Stephen Garcia is firing back at the company’s Chapter 11 trustee.
Late last month, Garcia asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Utah to levy more than $1 million in sanctions against the trustee’s attorney for making baseless accusations.
James T. Markus, appointed Geneva Steel’s Chapter 11 trustee…

Just a reminder, and a re-print from the Kellner’s, from the Law Journal. New deposition rules start October 1, 2006. “The deposition is probably the most useful discovery tool in civil litigation. However, it has always been necessary to strike a balance in its use between open and expansive discovery and appropriate limitations so as…

Day on Torts, a companion blogger wrote about this yesterday, and received more comments on this blog than on any other. Here is the article.