Legal Malpractice cases frequently involve a series of attorneys, each of whom comments or gives advice concerning the acts of a predecessor.  When will these communications be protected and when will the protection be waived ?  A simple answer would be that all communications are protected, forever.  The wise commentator amongst us knows that some…

Taken verbatim from the New York Law Journal by Andrew Longstreth
 

"McDermott Will Settles Malpractice Claim

McDermott, Will & Emery has settled a malpractice claim brought by the litigation trustee in the bankruptcy of Saint Vincent’s Catholic Medical Centers of New York, according to court records. News of the settlement, which is filed under…

In this Albany County case, via the Third Department, Bixby v Somerville ;2009 NY Slip Op 03821
Decided on May 14, 2009   we see the unraveling of a marriage, and the eventual custody dispute, now played out in legal malpractice.  Father fights with mother over sole custody, ending in a shared custody decision, later modified by…

Here is a most unusual case.  Legal Malpractice case in State Court follows personal injury  case in Federal Court and the State Court Judge effectively second guesses the Federal Court judge in  whether plaintiff was subject to North Carolina law or that of another state.

DiTondo v Meagher ;2009 NY Slip Op 29178 ;Decided on…

We have been following this story of the intersection of legal malractice and the sub-prime morrgage crisis.  Today, Susan Beck in the New York Law Journal reports that Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft faces a continued legal malpractice case for their work in servicing and securing loans worth $1.8 billion.  Cadwalader’s motion to dismiss was denied…

Broadway and Barry Manilow…it seemed destined for success, but lack of investors doomed the production of Harmony.  The case revolved around alleged wrong advice on the date of the second option payment, which plaintiff has argued could have been made with the correct date advice.

The option lapsed, an arbitration with Manilow and others…

This morning’s Law Journal revealed a pair of cases in which just about the same thing happened.  Attorneys acted badly, and the client suffers.  Clients depend on their attorneys, and can do just about nothing without the attorney acting as intermediary.  Clients, too, suffer when their attorney is punished by the court.

In Pacheco v …

Henry Gottlieb at Law.Com reports this $10.6 million Legal Malpractice settlement between Buchanan Ingersoll and RCM Technologies over a stock registration agreement, today.  Here is the news article:

" A lawyer and two Philadelphia firms have agreed to pay $10.6 million to settle a claim that they botched work on a New Jersey company’s stock transactions…