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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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Immigration Attorneys Arrested (Again)
/ 21.Dec, 2012Immigration is not an area that sees high levels of legal malpractice claims (possibly because badly served clients are generally not in the country anymore), . . .
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What a Mess!
/ 07.Aug, 2012The Chicago law firm of Gardiner Koch Weisberg & Wrona, is suing their former clients Ken and Wendy Brown for breach of contract, fraud, breach . . .
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$34.5 Million Verdict in Legal Malpractice Case
/ 01.May, 2012A Los Angeles jury awarded $34.5 million dollars to a group of investors who had brought a legal malpractice action against the law firm Holland . . .
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The Nigerian Scam Saga Continues
/ 16.Apr, 2012We have previously written about the particular dangers law firms face from e-mail scams. Two interesting items have recently cometo our attention. In Minnesota, a law . . .
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Arrest in Luzerne County Ponzi Case
/ 02.Apr, 2012We have previously discussed the frequent involvement of lawyers in Ponzi schemes. A 77-year-old Pennsylvania lawyer is now facing federal counts for allegations of a Ponzi . . .
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Another Ponzi, Another Lawyer
/ 22.Feb, 2012We have previously remarked that nearly every Ponzi scheme seems to have a lawyers involved on one level or another. This view was reaffirmed this . . .
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A problem for attorneys, a problem for victims
/ 14.Feb, 2012We have written here and here about the case of attorney Michael Kwasnik, who is facing charges of having stolen over $1 million from mostly . . .
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Additional Charges Against Attorney Kwasnik
/ 25.Jan, 2012We have previously written about attorney Michael Kwasnik’s legal troubles. Mr. Kwasnik is facing charges that he stole over $1 million from clients. The total amount . . .
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Bonnie Sweeten Update
/ 06.Jan, 2012Arguing over whether Bonnie Sweeten stole $900,000 or $1,000,000 took all day, so sentencing will have to wait. Of particular note to our readers was . . .
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