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Legal Malpractice and Coverage Issues Arising Out of Referral to a Financial Services Professional
/ 01.May, 2013Attorney Roger A. Giuliani has a history of problems. In 2004, a Nassau County, New York, judge awarded $2 million in punitive damages to a . . .
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Former CIO of Mayer Brown Pleads Guilty
/ 25.Apr, 2013In August of 20012, the former global chief information officer of the Chicago law firm Mayer Brown, David Tresch was arrested on charges of embezzlement. . . .
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Some General Materials on Legal Malpractice
/ 19.Apr, 2013We have previously shared a number of web resources on legal malpractice avoidance. The following are some readily available web resources on legal malpractice in . . .
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Ex-Justice of the Peace Accused of Shooting Prosecutors
/ 17.Apr, 2013The news last month that a Texas district attorney and his wife had been assassinated was sufficiently frightening in and of itself, especially when coupled . . .
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Lawyer is Most Recent Casualty of Rutgers Basketball Scandal
/ 12.Apr, 2013Rutgers senior vice president and general counsel, John B. Wolf, Esquire, has resigned from his position. It was originally announced that he planned to remain . . .
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Discussion of Barrick Arguments
/ 10.Apr, 2013A recent Law360 article (subscription required) includes analysis by Swartz Campbell partner, Josh J.T. Byrne of the Barrick v. Holy Spirit decision and what might happen . . .
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Resources from the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations’ New Endorsed Carrier
/ 04.Apr, 2013The Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association have recently endorsed CNA as a professional liability insurance carrier. CNA offers some useful legal malpractice . . .
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New Jersey Attorney Arrested for Practicing Without a License
/ 02.Apr, 2013New Jersey attorney, Sergio Pastor, was arrested when he arrived at Kenilworth Municipal Court to represent a client in a dunk driving case. Mr. Pastor, . . .
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Lawyer’s Opinion Not Capable of Being Defamatory
/ 28.Mar, 2013The Legal Intelligencer reported on a decision by Judge Bartle of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissing a defamation claim against Merck and its in-house . . .
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Disbarred for Unreasonable Fee
/ 22.Mar, 2013Ohio based mass tort lawyer, Stan Chesley, has been disbarred in Kentucky (opinion here) for taking a $20 million fee in a diet drug case, in . . .
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