OK, so we were naive. we did not know that in Texas law firms own 98% of other law firms, nor that law firms are bought and sold like, cattle? [Remember, this is Texas.]
Here Fred Baron and Lisa Blue sue Baron & Budd for a variety of commercial claims, including legal malpractice. Details.
We have not seen this before. The underlying criminal/appeal/malpractice case is a mess, and difficult to follow from this news article. No matter; the interesting item is that one of the attorneys was suspended, and when he is re-instated, and under probation, he will have to provide proof of legal malpractice insurance. Details.…
Here is a short article which outlines how South Korea plans to eliminate legal malpractice, and along the way, issue an apology. Details.
Day on Torts reports the answer to this question, at least in Alaska. When can a guardian’s attorney be liable to ward? Remember, no real privity. Answer?
The Legal Intelligencer Blog today reports that “Philadelphia judge has denied a defense motion for summary judgment in a defamation action that prompted a landmark media rights decision from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2004.
In his most recent opinion in Bochetto v. Gibson, Judge Albert W. Sheppard Jr. ruled that it will be up…
My legal malpractice insurance questionaire asks me how I calendar. Here is an article from Seattle WA which says that 23.5% of all malpractice cases arise from faulty calendaring. The article goes on to discuss older attorneys and paper calendaring. His conclusion? “In the modern law office, almost all calendaring is done electronically. However, many…
The West Virgina Record reports that “Karen Richardson, acting as Executrix of the Estate of Freeda Pringle, says Jeffrey Barton and Barton Law Office stole at least $25,000 from Pringle’s estate and lost her case file in a lawsuit filed July 27 in Kanawha Circuit Court.” Details.
Matthew Hale, convicted of “soliciting an undercover informant to murder U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow, filed a lawsuit Thursday against his former attorney, Thomas Durkin, for legal malpractice” In a handwritten complaint, he brings this action now. Details.
The Case: employment discrimination in a restaurant. The Claim: employee raped by employer. The outcome: a $ 400,000 sanction against her attorneys, set by district court Judge. Magistrate who heard the evidence in support of sanction recommended against sanction. Judge simply disregarded the recommendation. Appellate Court: Judge should have re-heard testimony before simply disregarding the…
Its password protected, but here is a blurb about a Chicago attorney who is now suing his own attorneys after his bankruptcy takes a bad turn. Details.
