Until three years ago a personal injury attorney knew that a trip and fail on a NYC sidewalk meant that a Big Apple map was needed.  Then the law changed, and the attorney needed to know who owned the adjacent building.  Now, a new wrinkle.  The adjoining landowner is responsible for the sidewalk, but…

Here is a case, reported by Hinshaw in which a firm was required not only to disgorge fees based upon its malpractice, but had to pay the client’s legal fees generated in the dispute.

"In re SRC Holding Corp., f/k/a Miller & Schroeder, Inc., Debtor – Bremer Business Finance Corporation v. Dorsey & Whitney, LLP…

We were told early in life not to talk so much.  This advice may have served the Larkin Law firm well in its dealings with a client.  This report of a question certified to an appellate court, is an example.

"Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder wants appellate judges to decide whether an attorney-client relationship…

The question of whose file is it, comes up often in legal malpractice.  The client wants the file back, the lawyers may want a bill paid, each knows that the file may contain valuable information and ammunition.  Here is a report from Hinshaw on the Iowa solution, with a discussion of the majority and minority…

Attorney Fee disputes can be a landmine, a source of big problems, and a constant source of legal malpractice litigation.  Here is yet another report of a Texas Case.

"For nearly six years, a prominent Dallas plaintiffs firm has battled a former client in an attempt to recover a contingent fee. But after a three-day…

We reported on this last month, but here is a Hinshaw report on a legal malpractice case in which an attorney lost a medical malpractice case in illinios, and at the same time failed to tell the client about a $1 Million offer.  He is found liable to the client for the amount of the

Plaintiff wins a big medical malpractice verdict, more than $6 milliion, and then based upon this report from Julie Littky-Rubin everything went wrong.

"Marelia v. Yanchuck, et al., 32 Fla. L. Weekly D1966 (Fla. 2nd DCA August 15, 2007):

A woman sued the lawyers who represented her in a medical malpractice case involving…

Kevin O’Keefe will be addressing the ABA National Conference on Legal Malpractice, discussing law firm blogs and legal malpractice.  His own blog, Lex Blog Blog discusses how a law firm might safely blog.

For Internal purposes of law firm
Identify who may blog
Identify technology issues and how they will be addressed
Software platform to…