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.

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Attorney Robert Larson brought a medical malpractice action for his client. He started it in Madison county, IL. It was then removed to US District Court. There it was dismissed, without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction. Continue Reading Legal Malpractice after Medical Malpractice

Attorney Michael C. Donovan thought up a new legal strategy. He wrote and sponsored a local ordinance requiring insurers to pay for cleanup of perchloroethylene in the city’s groundwater. Continue Reading Legal Malpractice and Legal Fees in Lodi

Continuing a trend, attorneys not retained by plaintiffs are being sued. Once a mere exception to the general rule of “privity”, more attorneys are being sued for their opinion letters. Continue Reading $ 90 Million Opinion ?

Plaintiff sues defendant law firm over securities trading advice. During discovery, defendant DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary http://www.dlapiper.com may seek information from LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae http://www.ligm.com and Seward & Kissel http://www.sewkis.com. What is different and interesting about this decision Continue Reading Other Firms must join in

Anthony Lin in The New York Law Journal http://www.nylj.com reports that SDNY Judge Gerard Lynch has permitted a lawsuit by JPMorgan Credit and a syndicate of banks to proceed. Continue Reading Global Crossing and Malpractice

The New York law firm Fox Horan & Camirini http://www.foxhoran.com has been found liable for mishandling an arbitration in which $10 million was awarded against their client. Continue Reading Liability in a $10 Million case