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.

I remember my property professor expounding on the Rule against Perpetuities, saying: here is the rule, don’t ever mention it again. Here is the rule: see how it applies to legal malpractice here.

Jarndyce v. Jarndyce was a Dicken’s fabulation found in Bleak House. The story goes that a battle in Chancery Court over an inheritance went on so long that the legal fees depleted the entire estate.

Here, in this story, is the modern analog. A suit for legal fees blossoms into a 7 year war,…

Its a wrestling match in San Diego, CA between the local Union-Times newspaper and the city attorney, involving, among other things, legal malpractice law suits. Details.