Multiple Legal Malpractice cases are going on in San Luis Obispo. The town minutes reflect a siege situation. The law firm Burke, Williams & Sorensen LLP is defending 20 suits agsinst the municipality, is defending and settling legal malpractice lawsuits, and it is all coming to a head, Details.

Here, from the West Virginia Record is the story of a family fighting over their mother’s $16 Million estate including hatred, family discord and legal malpractice claims. Details.

It’s subscription only, but the Memphis Law School Law Review has an article on proximate cause – the final defense. Details. Is this title a parody of Star Trek?

Here is a well written and interesting description of a CT real estate case which morphed into legal malpractice. Details.

The law blog Sui Generis has graciously cited us. Details.

LegalBlogWatch posted this particular comment on the question of agression, strategic decisions on mundane questions of time extensions, adjournments, motions to obtain documents. The further question: when does this devolve into legal malpractice?

In a short article from an insurance examier, the message is: legal malpractice law suit numbers are more or less steady; awards are getting larger, and there is a shift from almost all client-attorney cases to 15% non-clients suing, such as the Vinson Elkins $40 billion case. Details.

This press release cought my eye: a lurid novel about malpractice attorneys, a nationwide plot to kill malpractice attorneys. Who knew? Details.