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Legal Malpractice Avoidance
/ 07.Feb, 2013We have previously written several posts about legal malpractice avoidance and best practices for lawyers. Here is another nice concise “checklist” of legal malpractice avoidance . . .
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Because "Bubba the Love Sponge Clem" Isn’t Strange Enough
/ 05.Feb, 2013Your standard defamation case against a morning disc jockey case recently took a turn for the very weird. Todd “MJ” Schnitt a Tampa area D.J., . . .
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The Whoopee Cushion of the Judicial Process
/ 31.Jan, 2013It has been coming for some time. Nine present and former Philadelphia Traffic Court Judges have been indicted today with conspiring to fix traffic tickets. . . .
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Attorney Shot Following Mediation Session
/ 31.Jan, 2013Arizona attorney Mark P. Hummels, was shot by a pro se litigant following a mediation session yesterday. Mr. Hummels was shot in the neck and . . .
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Deadlines the Harsh Reality of Legal Malpractice
/ 28.Jan, 2013As we have previously written, calendaring issues are the number one cause of legal malpractice actions, and good calendaring habits are the single most effective malpractice . . .
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Alternative Dispute Resolution?
/ 25.Jan, 2013A West Virginia attorney was arrested on Tuesday after beating another attorney on his head and face in the Marion County Courthouse. Stephen Sean Murphy, . . .
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Blows to Bailey
/ 23.Jan, 2013There has long been a debate over the extent to which the seminal criminal malpractice case in Pennsylvania, Bailey v. Tucker, 533 Pa. 237, 621 . . .
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What Does "Substantially Related" Mean For Purposes of RPC 1.9(a)
/ 22.Jan, 2013Rule 1.9 (both in the Pennsylvania and Model Rules), reads: “(a) A lawyer who has formerly represented a client in a matter shall not thereafter . . .
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Legal Malpractice Action
/ 18.Jan, 2013The United States Supreme Court heard oral argument (transcript here) this week on what is probably the most significant legal malpractice case it has considered . . .
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Another Ponzi Scheme, Another Allegation Against Lawyers
/ 15.Jan, 2013As we have previously written, multiple times, there are few, if any, Ponzi schemes which do not involve an attorney at some level or another. . . .
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