“The U.S. Attorney’s Office here is looking into former Chicago Alderman Bill Singer’s role in a controversial Near North Side land deal in which a local medical school says it was cheated out of millions of dollars.

According to a legal malpractice suit the medical school filed last month against its former attorney, the attorney and Mr. Levine conspired to sell property at North Dearborn and West Oak Street to Smithfield at a price far under market value. The property, which once housed the Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, is located in the heart of a fast-developing residential area where property values have been soaring. In the lawsuit, the school claims the property was worth “$6 to $9 million” more than the $15 million Smithfield paid.

A source close to the matter says Mr. Singer, a top national Democratic Party fund-raiser and former candidate for mayor, drew federal attention after political insider Stuart Levine recently began cooperating with federal officials on investigations on several matters in which Mr. Levine was involved.” Full article from Crains.

“A Fayetteville woman lost an appeal to the state Supreme Court on Thursday in a child support case involving NBA player and former Razorback basketball star Corliss Williamson.Teresa Ann Davis, who has a son with Williamson of the Sacramento Kings, appealed the dismissal of her legal malpractice lawsuit against Helena-West Helena lawyer Vandell Bland.

In its ruling Thursday, the Supreme Court said the circuit court was correct in dismissing the lawsuit and declining to award damages to Davis. Although Bland’s actions “constituted legal malpractice,” Davis could not prove she would have prevailed on her appeal, the high court said.” Full article

Here is the story in a nutshell: City attorney wants to race cars and needs money to buy into the sport. City attorney has the ability to hire outside counsel. City attorney goes to outside counsel he has hired, and gets race car money from them. City attorney ok’s big paycheck. Legal Malpractice case by city against both attorneys. Details.

Plaintiff’s parent’s home was wrongly demolished by the city. They later died and the son sued the city, its officials and various attorneys for civil rights and legal malpractice. The case went to the US Supreme Court, and is now back in District Court at the pleading stages. Details.