The decision in International Electron Devices (usa) LLC v Menter, Rudin & Trivelpiece, P.C.
2010 NY Slip Op 02343 ; Decided on March 19, 2010 ;Appellate Division, Fourth Department is not groundbreaking, but it is illustrious of what sometimes appears to be unwarranted deference to target attorneys on the question of the statute of limitations. …

Humans have fingers, and are willing to point with them.  Looking back over events and apportioning blame is not particularly limited to legal malpractice questions, but seems to be very prevalent there.  Here, in Sklover & Donath, LLC v Eber-Schmid ; 2010 NY Slip Op 02002
Decided on March 16, 2010 ; Appellate Division, First…

Client from outside New York is sued in Federal Court in New York.  Client hires a NY attorney, and then the case shifts focus to a London Arbitration.  When does the billing in NY end, when does the London case take over, and what happens when there is a billing dispute later?  Justice Edmead’s decision…

In today’s NYLJ  article by Drew Combs we see the interim outcome we see the basic outline of the attorney-client relationship gone bad.

"A California venture capitalist who has admitted to bribing New York state pension officials has sued Gibson Dunn & Crutcher over $1.3 million in fees the firm seeks for representing him during…

This story about a Kentucky case comes from the Legal Profession Blog. 

"A high school English teacher was sitting in her living room when a small plane hit the roof of the second story of her home. She suffered no direct physical injury but went into a state of shock, which led to health…

As further proof of the wide-ranging nature of legal malpractice litigation, we see in D’Elia v. D’Amico & Associates  , 2010 NY Slip Op 30545, Supreme Court, Nassau County, J. McCarty a plaintiff who has claims against the target attorneys for estate matters for two relatives as well as in the purchase of a house.

One important…

We’re not sure how to value this legal malpractice law suit reported in Law.Com in a story by Julia Kay.    It’s not simply a $ 168 Million claim, it’s a class action case too.

"A Sarasota, Fla., judge dismissed some counts but let stand malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty charges in a lawsuit filed…

Legal Malpractice cases arise from any number of interesting underlaying matters.  In Shawandya L. Simpson v. Bernard M. Alter and Diana A. Johnson, the legal malpractice case alleges breach of fiduciary duty, conflict of interest, legal malpractice and wrongful disclosure of information.

Here, Simpson was running for judicial office in Brooklyn as was Diana…