New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
The New York Attorney Malpractice Blog has summaries and links to cases and news about legal malpractice.
Author: The blawg is sponsored by the Law Firm of Andrew Lavoott Bluestone in New York City.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Legal Ethics • Trials & Litigation • States • New York • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
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OK, It's not Legal Malpractice, but How Far May an Attorney Go?
Topless photographs, sexual harassment, "heavy-handed" negotiations, emotional distress to highly pregnant women - it all seems to be out of a TV show. Nevertheless, these are the elements of Abrams v. Pacile, Supreme Court, New…
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At the Crossroads of Tax Law§ 203-a and Legal Malpractice
Dismissals are not always dismissals on the merits, and dissolved corporations are not always unable to sue in New York. In this legal malpractice case, we see the intersection of Chapter 11, Tax Law 203-a,…
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There's Legal Malpractice Danger When Taking Over a Case
Attorneys regularly drop in and out of cases, and for the most part, there is no particular notice taken of the event. Here, in Soussis v Lazer, Aptheker, Rosella & Yedid, P.C. ; 2009 NY…
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At the Intersection of Fraud, Fiduciary Duty and Legal Malpractice
Plaintiff and a buddy go to attorney to start a business. Attorney is retained, and eventually Plaintiff is the odd-person out. Attorney's retainer agreement names only the buddy, and even though attorney sends letters to…
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Matrimonial Legal Malpractice and Summary Judgment
Matrimonial legal malpractice is typically all about the money - and the money is usually about equitable distribution. Money, or having to give it to someone else drives people insane. in this case it apparently…
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Judgment Calls in Legal Malpractice
LOK PRAKASHAN, LTD. -v.- RALPH A. BERMAN, DAVIDOFF MALITO & HUTCHER, LLP, No. 09-0136-cv; UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT;2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 22988 is an example of the Court's continued romance…
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Can it Ever Be a Contract Action in Legal Malpractice?
Way back when, there were different statute of limitation in legal malpractice cases which sounded in either tort [3 years] or contract [6 years]. The Court of Appeals approved, and it was the law of…
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Its Not Legal Malpractice, but it is Fraud
In General Credit Corp v. Guidice 2009 NY Slip Op 32418(U), Supreme Court, New York County, Decided 10/15/09, Justice Kornreich, we one reason that the public has less than stellar views of attorneys. Here, evidence…
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a $51 Million Turnaround in Legal Malpractice
When is it the attorney's fault, and when the Client's ? That question is answered, in this particular situation, by the decision in Bernard v/ Proskauer Rose LLP. Client is an extraordinarily accomplished real estate…