New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
The New York Attorney Malpractice Blog has summaries and links to cases and news about legal malpractice.
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Recent Posts from New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
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More Conflict of Interest in a Penn Legal Malpractice Case
The Times Leader reports on a $ 3.4 Million legal malpractice action taking place there, now, post verdict. The twist is that the winner of the case, executor of an estate had asked the trial…
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Sometimes An Expert is Not Necessary in Legal Malpractice
This case from New Jersey illustrates the border line between behavior that is so bad that an expert is not needed at trial to testify on whether there was a deviation, and behavior that is…
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Waiving Arbitration in Legal Malpractice
Arbitration clauses in attorney-client retainer agreements is a trend. Law firms, who presumably know the costs and efficiencies of litigation choose arbitration in the belief that most cases they are involved in will be a…
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Legal Malpractice Suit After a Release
Plaintiff wanted to sue his opponent's attorneys. While the ability to sue your opponent's attorney is very restricted, [see: lack of privity}, in certain circumstances it is possible. This case: Blum v Perlstein 2008 NY…
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Morris J. Eisen Legal Malpractice Case Proceeds
He was one of the best known, and feared plaintiff's attorneys in New York. He had entire floors of offices at the Woolworth building in lower Manhattan, and early every morning a large number of…
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Texas Trifecta of Legal Malpractice
We reported this confluence of Politics, Legal Malpractice and big estate probate work several weeks ago. Defendants were R. Christopher Bell, the 2006 Democratic gubernatorial nominee and a former U.S. congressman; Annette M. Henry; and…
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Celanese v. Kaye Scholer in a New Legal Malpractice Case
Here, in an early report from the Competition Law 360 Blog is a report that:"Kaye Scholer LLP is facing a legal malpractice suit over the way attorneys handled several antitrust suits accusing Celanese Americas Corp.…
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Receiver v. Attorney in Legal Malpractice
In a familiar setting, this time the case is receiver v. former attorney. Other times it is bankruptcy trustee v. attorney. Southwest Exchange, a former Nevada financial company involved in litigation and in receivership ended…
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"At Issue" Discussions and Legal Malpractice
To what extent may a legal malpractice defendant seek disclosure of privileged discussions? The general answer is if they are "at issue" in the legal malpractice. Here in the Akin Gump legal malpractice case is…
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Collectiblitiy and Hypothetical Judgments in Legal Malpractice
As part of the "but for" rule, a hypothetical judgment which plaintiff would have won, except for the attorney's mistake, is the measure of damages in legal malpractice. We have written about this in the…