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This is a further report on a case we discussed this summer:

"$10,800,000 VERDICT AND RECOVERY – PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE – LEGAL MALPRACTICE – BREACH OF DUTY OF LOYALTY OWED BY LAW FIRM TO CLIENTS PARTICIPATING IN NEGOTIATION OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT – DEFENDANT ALLEGEDLY CEASED REPRESENTING PLAINTIFFS IN CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS RESULTING IN BREAKDOWN OF MULTI-MILLION…

Try to make sense of this case.  It involves legal malpractice and the representations of Chinese hair importers.  See below for a discussion of the "discovery statute of limitations" which is very, very rarely invoked successfully.

"On January 9, 2006, pro se plaintiff, Chuanyu Xie ("Xie" or "Plaintiff"), filed a legal malpractice complaint against his…

Defendant attorneys working for a bankrupt insurer are still responsible for EBT transcript bill.  Here is a blurb from NYLJ subscription article:

"CLAIMANT REPORTING company sued in this small claims action against defendant law firm alleging defendants failed to pay for reporting services at a deposition. Defendants argued they were appearing on behalf of an…

Here is a short review of an attorney fee dispute which involves Surrogate’s Court,  Federal District Court and a claim of unethical contingent fees. 

"Simmons, Jannace & Stagg held sway over federal court recently when it decided that any attorneys’ fees disputes that involve the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund should be litigated in the…

Cassandra Crotty, a legal malpractice blogger reports this case from Illinois:

"Yesterday’s Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reported on an Illinois Appellate Court decision this week that found a fee-splitting agreement between two law firms involving a federal conspiracy lawsuit did not apply to a related legal malpractice case handled by only one of the firms.

This is a law.com subscription site, but the jist is:

"Texas’ 1st Court of Appeals has breathed new life into a quarter-century old legal battle that began when one Houston lawyer agreed to represent a woman seeking to collect on loans she made to another Houston lawyer. Although Carol Whitsett died in 2002, her $6.5…

Here is a fuller story on the legal malpractice bridge.

Toronto-based law firm Gowling Lafleur Henderson is being sued by Ambassador Bridge owner and trucking mogul Manuel "Matty" Moroun in U.S. District Court.
According to the Detroit News, bridge execs say the Canadian law firm has jeopardized the Ambassador Bridge’s plan to build a second…

Law.Com reports this case Acosta v. PACE Local I-300 Health Fund, 04-CV-3885

"A New Jersey federal judge’s dismissal of legal malpractice and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims against counsel in an ERISA case shows that trustees sued for misfeasance can’t easily pass the buck to their lawyers.

Though he dismissed the claims on procedural grounds, U.S. District…

Here is a case in which a divorce attorney was permitted it attach a lien to the equitable distribution.  Generally, a new "fund" must be created by the attorney’s work [as in a personal injury case with a settlement], but here, the attorney got to attach property which was already the wife’s.

From the NYLJ …