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• Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Launches New Civics Web-Site for Kids!

  I happened to stumble across a great new website that all parents, students, teachers and grandparents should know about - so spread the word!  Justice Sandra Day O'Connor recently launched www.ourcourts.org which is a site…

• Blackwater Legal Malpractice Suit Dismissed

  Articles on Law.com and MichiganMessenger.com detail how a $30 million legal malpractice suit brought against the Law Firm Wiley Rein by Blackwater Security Consulting has been dismissed for a second time.  In 2004, a wrongful death suit was…

• Will the Economic Downturn Cause an Increase in Legal Malpractice Claims?

  I just read an interesting article, here, on InjuryBoard.com that claims that experts predict legal malpractice claims are going to rise in 2009.  One of the main theories for the predicted increase is that lawyers who…

• "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned"

  Who  would have thought that a legal malpractice case could revolve around  William Congreve's famous quote, "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned" ( from…

• In a "Defense-Type" Legal Malpractice Case, Actual Damages Can be Shown by the Entry of a Judgment Adverse to the Client, Even if the Judgment has Not Been Paid

  I have been out of the blogging world for a while and have a stack of interesting cases and articles piled up on my desk to write about.  Today, I am going to ease back into things and…

• Court Lambastes Lawyers in their Handling of a Jamaican Immigrant's Case

  The ABA Journal reported yesterday on a New York based 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals decision that came down this week reopening the case of an immigrant who was scheduled for deportation and jailed for nine…

• Failure to List Legal Malpractice Lawsuit as an Asset In a Bankruptcy Leads to Dismissal of Lawsuit

  In a recent article in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin a decision by the Illinois Appellate Court was discussed dealing with the failure to schedule legal malpractice claims in a bankruptcy proceeding (Unfortunately, the case itself…

• Legal Malpractice Carrier Takes a Hard Line in New Jersey Case

  An Article posted today on Law.com written by Charles Toutant discusses an interesting and potentially huge declaratory judgment suit filed last week in federal court in Trenton, New Jersey.  A legal malpractice insurance carrier is…

• Illinois Appellate Court Holds Client's Settlement of Underlying Case Does Not Preclude Malpractice Claim

  An Illinois appellate court recently held that under the doctrine of judicial estoppel, a client's statement in court that she understood and agreed to the terms of her divorce settlement did not bar the client from…

• Illinois Appellate Court Holds That Defendant's Solvency is Required Element of Plaintiff's Legal Malpractice Action

  To plead a cause of action for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must allege facts that support a finding that (1) an attorney  owed the plaintiff at duty arising from the attorney-client relationship, (2) the attorney…