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Large Legal Malpractice Claims Rising
/ 14.Jun, 2012We have previously blawged about the number of legal malpractice claims rising. The most recent numbers from insurance broker Ames & Gough, as reported in . . .
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Counsel’s Failure to Discover Errors in Production Results in Waiver of Privilege
/ 13.Jun, 2012On May 30, 2012, the New Jersey district court found that a waiver of privilege had occurred after defense counsel inadvertently disclosed privileged documents in . . .
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Stradley Ronon v. Sovereign Bank (Round Two)
/ 12.Jun, 2012Last month, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young filed a declaratory action in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to put an “end to ongoing and baseless . . .
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And the survey says . . .
/ 06.Jun, 2012In memory of the late Richard Dawson, we present a compilation of lists of legal malpractice errors. Most, like the American Bar Association’s, have calendaring issues as . . .
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Sen. Jane Orie Sentenced
/ 04.Jun, 2012Former State Senator Jane Orie was sentenced today to a prisons sentence of 2 and 1/2 to 10 years on corruption charges. Legal experts had been . . .
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New York Limits Damages in Criminal Legal Malpractice Cases
/ 04.Jun, 2012In a unanimous decision last Thursday, the New York Court of appeals ruled that a plaintiff suing his former defense attorney for legal malpractice, cannot . . .
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Revisit the “Error in Judgment” Defense
/ 30.May, 2012Last year, in Passarelo v. Grumbine, a three judge panel of the Superior Court retroactively applied the 2009 ruling in Pringle v. Rapaport, which banned the . . .
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Interesting opinion on legal malpractice, indemnity, and contribution
/ 25.May, 2012United States District Judge William W. Caldwell of the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued a 31 page memorandum and order in Kohn et al v. . . .
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Lawyers and Social Media
/ 21.May, 2012As more lawyers use social media (such as this blog) to promote themselves, or their clients’ interests, greater attention is being paid to the potential . . .
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Where to begin. . .
/ 17.May, 2012The website Overstock.com has been engaged in battle with a number of Wall Street entities. Among the most contentious of these battles has been Overstock.com . . .
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