A new blog, the Illinois Legal Malpractice Blog has recently been reporting real content on legal malpractice. Today it reports an interesting varient on the familiar continuous representation rule, coupled with a fraudulent concealment. Details here

The ABA Journal reports that: “MALPRACTICE CLAIMS RISE FOR PERSONAL INJURY DEFENDERS
Claims Drop for Plaintiffs Attorneys, Study of Insured Firms Shows” Legal Malpractice claims are tracked in this article. Details here

This story was bloged on 11/8/05, as this case of Legal Malpractice continues against Herrick Feinstein. Here is the decision reprinted from Law Com.
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Emma Schwartz reports in Law Com on a Legal Malpractice case against Baptiste & Wilder and a law suit brought against it by martha Lockwood. Her attorney is Christopher Hoge at Crowley Hoge & Fein. Details here.

Emma Schwartz of Legal Times at Law Com reports on a outcoming ABA report on the rise of Legal Malpractice litigation. Not only is it becoming more mainstream, but the settlement/verdict numbers are steadily rising. Details here

The Grand Rapids Herald Review reports that the City has sued its attorneys over a negligent construction case in which the attorneys settled, but apparanetly for too little. Details here.

Here is a report from the St. Claire Record about a legal malpractice case arising from a medical malpractice case, in which the defendant attorney was granted a change of venue and a new trial. For detalis, click here. The attorney, John Hopkins, was found to have deviated from good and accepted standards, but…

Anthony Lin reports in the New York Law Journal that an investor’s Legal Malpractice lawsuit against Herrick Feinstein will continue, after a decision by Supreme Court Justice Louis York in the matter of Agate v. Herrick Feinstein in Supreme Court, New York County.