Does legal malpractice occur more often in small or large firms? What are the indicators or causes of legal malpractice on an institutional level? These issues are discussed and analyzed by My Shingle://www.myshingle.com in an interesting article entitled Malpractice Isn’t Only A Small Firm Problem. Continue Reading Legal Malpractice in Small and Large firms

For a great roundup of legal ethics and legal malpractice prevention articles see Ben Cowgill’s Blog.

NYLJ reports in its “Trends in Real Estate and Title Insurance” special report that 16% of all legal malpractice claims are real estate related. Continue Reading Legal Malpractice in Real Estate

Daubert on the Web reports that the 8th Circuit has reversed the exclusion of attorney expert testimony in an attorney malpratice action. See First Union Nat’l Bank. v. Benham,, No. 04-3656(8th Cir.September 13,2005)(Murphy,Bye,& Smith,JJ.).

Jim Calloway writes a law practice blog. Speaking of the Suzanne Rose Risky Biz material, she says that ethics violations and legal malpractice are the basic business risks of a law office. Continue Reading Legal Malpractice as a Risky Business

Anthony Lin of the New York Law Journal reports that National Benevolent Association has filed a suit in bankruptcy court against Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP for a “disasterous” bankruptcy. Continue Reading Church sues Weil Gotshal over bankruptcy

A private prison company has sued Locke Liddell & Sapp for more than
$5 million, reports Mary Alice Robbins in the Legal Times today. Continue Reading Legal Malpractice in escrow accounts

Two Nevada attorneys were disbarred after a finding of forgery and falsification of court records. One, Herman Herbig also avoided service of a judgment of more than $ 2 million in punitive damages along with compensatory damages of $ 810,000.