The decision in Gucci America Inc. v. Guess? Inc., doesn’t answer the legal malpractice question, but it does answer the privilege question. Here’s the back story from Noeleen Walder at the New York Law Journal:
"Mr. Moss, a graduate of Fordham University School of Law, passed the California bar exam in 1993 but went…
in PETER MCCLUSKEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, -v.- NEW YORK STATE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM, CHIEF JUDGE JONATHAN LIPPMAN, GABOR & GABOR, DAVID GABOR, HOPE GABOR, Defendants-Appellees we see a pro-se litigant’s swipe at the NYS Court system, and his former attorneys. This Federal case takes place after plaintiff lost a legal malpractice case against the same defendant-attorneys.…
"A bill to overhaul the patent system that is before the Senate contains a provision that could get an influential law firm off the hook for a possible $214 million malpractice payment.
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“The key question is whether we will vote to bail out a law firm that…
GABRIEL D’JAMOOS, , v. MICHAEL GRIFFITH, No. 08-3668-cvUNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT;2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 17868;August 12, 2009, discusses termination for cause and the proofs needed:
"Under New York law, an attorney may be dismissed by a client at any time with or without cause." Garcia v. Teitler, 443 F.3d…
Cases in Landlord-Tenant court often have sad back-stories, and even sadder endings. In Alves v 152-154 W. 131st St. Holding Co., Inc. ;2011 NY Slip Op 32328(U) ;August 25, 2011
Supreme Court, New York ounty ;Docket Number: 116783/10 ;Judge: Donna M. Mills we see only the begining of a tale so complex, that it…
Appellate Decisions are always correct, well reasoned, and exquisitely written. Sometimes they are recalled and changed. Landa v Blocker 2011 NY Slip Op 06370 ; Decided on August 30, 2011 ; Appellate Division, Second Department is an example of the result of persistence in appellate work.
This case is an attorney fee/legal malpractice matter…
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Legal malpractice pops up in many transactional cases, and LZG Realty, LLC v H.D.W. 2005 Forest, LLC:011 NY Slip Op 06372;ecided on August 30, 2011;ppellate Division, Second Department is one. Here malpractice was alleged in a mortgage transaction where there were multiple mortgages and the allegation of fraud in documents by the borower.…
Failure to advise a client of the attorney’s malpractice (or hiding the malpractice) is not enough to give rise to a cause of action, but fraud in advising the client that attorney is licensed in Florida is enough. In Rupolo v Fish ; 2011 NY Slip Op 06343 ;Decided on August 23, 2011 ;Appellate Division…
The perennial question of whether a prior proceeding might influence a later proceedings arises again in Feinberg v. Boros, 2010 NY Slip Op 30797, by Justice Emily Jane Goodman, in Supreme Court, New York County.
The legal malpractice claim arose after an arbitration between plaintiff and his former business partner, where defendants acted as Feinberg’s…
