Law.Com reports that "Alston & Bird and and the bankruptcy trustee for one of its former clients, the beleaguered Friedman’s Jewelers Inc., are on the verge of settling a suit over allegations that the firm committed legal malpractice. "
"Alston & Bird, which served as Friedman’s outside general counsel from the 1990s until the…
The case of Rozen v. Nite Rider Group, Inc. seems to be going on in three different venues. There was the original case, based on loans and property noldings, there is a legal malpractice case, and apparently there is also a Judiciary Law 487 case too. "This motion by former defense counsel, Russ &…
An action agains tShearman & Sterling for failures in a loan transaction continues, after the First Department affirmed denial of a motion to dismiss. In Garten v. Shearman & Sterling.
"Plaintiff has stated a cause of action for legal malpractice by alleging that "but for" defendant’s failure to prepare and procure documents necessary…
One unique aspect of Legal Malpractice is the principal that an attorney may not be held responsible for a strategic decision, even if it is a loser. So long as it is reasonable, both subjectively and objectively, the attorney will not be held in legal malpractice.
This 2d Circuit case,Rubens v. Mason bears on…
One of the more pleasant aspects of reading cases early in the morning is the occasional new word or concept that leaps from the page. This article discusses a court official called the "Prothonotary," A prothonotary is an elected Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Civil Division.
"A $3.4 million legal malpractice verdict in…
One of the more fascinating aspects of legal malpractice is the large catchment area. That jargon, from psychology simply means that almost everyone uses attorneys, whether the largest CEO, or a hip hop magi zine employee who alleges sexual harassment.
Here, two employees of The Source were fired, and they sued. Their attorneys Thompson Wigdor &…
It takes a lot of vexing conduct to be foreclosed from bringing an action in state court. One has to be very, very obstinate and really tick the judge off. To do so in a legal malpractice setting is even harder, because the general feeling is that plaintiff must have been hurt by a lawyer…
Today’s Outside Counsel Column in the New York Law Journal features our discussion of Barnett v. Schwartz, 47 AD3d 397 (2d Dept, 2007) which we consider to be revolutionary. The question of "the proximate cause" versus "a proximate cause" is subtle, but of significant importance in the field of legal malpractice.
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Still popular, and still selling records, Sly and the Family Stone were the subject of a film. Unfortunately, the film and use of many recordings was without out their consent. Potential litigation followed. Problem? While the attorneys were negotiating and battling from their offices, they allowed the statute of limitations to run.
Thus, EVEN STREET …
Here is an article from NY Lawyer about the Wilson Elser legal malpractice case. They are still in for more than $ 941,000 but have cut about $ 1.7 million from the verdict.
"A California appeals court has upheld a $941,000 legal malpractice verdict against Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, but has thrown…
