Reported in today’s NYLJ by Joel Stashenko, is the Court of Appeals affirmance of a dismissal in an estate legal malpractice case.
"The state Court of Appeals yesterday upheld the dismissal of a legal malpractice action against the firm formerly known as Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow. Jack E. Maurer, who died in 2005…
This Indiana Legal Malpractice Case dismissal is reversed on appeal, and remanded for further proceedings is a primer on matrimonial malpractice, the Indiana standard of care, and summary judgment procedure there.
In this upstate Legal Malpractice Case, plaintiffs entered into a high stakes high risk real estate and mortgage deal with sellers, who were encumbered and hounded by the IRS, County tax liens, and other debts. Sales, mortgages, liens and law suits later the results of a legal malpractice case:
"It is undisputed that prior…
Here is a further article on a $ 19 Million settlement in a Japanese American anti-dumping case arising from discovery mistakes by Perkins Coie.
"Perkins Coie reached a multimillion-dollar settlement last month with former client Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, a manufacturer of large newspaper printing presses. The Japanese company sued two of the firm’s Washington-based partners…
This is an estate legal malpractice case in which "In 1993, nonparty Ricki Singer created an irrevocable inter vivos trust for the benefit of herself and her son as a remainderman, with plaintiff Frieda Tydings, her aunt, designated as the sole trustee. The trust agreement did not require plaintiff to offer an accounting, nor is…
A trove of photos, including the famous Marilyn Monroe up-draft photo are the res over which the Shaw family fought for years. Father against son, sisters against brother… Finally it ended, with an Appellate Decision which sets forth the attorney rights to billing, doubling of bills and judiciary law liens.
"Over the course of his…
Law firm is sued for legal malpractice. May they deduct their unearned contingent fee from the malpractice award? On the one hand, it seems that plaintiff may have a windfall. It would never have walked away with 100% of the verdict had defendants been successful. On the other hand, why should the defendant earn a…
Effective immediately, City courts now follow the Supreme Courts in summons filing requirements. Now, the summons must be filed withi 120 days, according to a new Administrative Order of the Chief Administrative Judge.
This report notes that $ 35 million was too little a payout to the overcharged clients of the John M. O’Quinn law firm.
"An arbitration panel has ordered John M. O’Quinn’s firm to pay a little more to a class of 3,450 former breast implant clients who allege O’Quinn’s firm overcharged them for expenses.
In…
Last week we discussed the racketeering lawsuit by Biovail and the Kasnowitz, Benson law firm.
Today, this article from Law.Com relates that Biovail has re-hired the Kasnowitz law firm who has appeared for it in NJ.
"Biovail Corp. has taken a page from the George Steinbrenner/Billy Martin playbook in order to reignite its well-publicized conspiracy…
