Blog
Malpractice Issues in Business Transactions
/ 09.Jul, 2012CNA recently released the results of a study of approximately one thousand closed legal malpractice cases arising out of business transactions. Highlights of the study . . .
Read More..
Blogging about client’s cases
/ 04.Jul, 2012We have previously blogged about our golden rule for social media: do not post anything you would not want seen blown up as an exhibit . . .
Read More..
Champerty and Assignment
/ 25.Jun, 2012Assignment of legal malpractice actions is an interesting topic. As a general concept, assignment of legal malpractice claims is disfavored. Gurski v. Rosenblum and Filan, . . .
Read More..
Former Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce Disbarred
/ 20.Jun, 2012The Disciplinary Board’s list of recent Supreme Court actions (last 60 days) has become a veritable whose who of the Pennsylvania judiciary and body politic, . . .
Read More..
Judge Removed from Bergrin Case
/ 19.Jun, 2012In a new twist to the always interesting case of Paul Bergrin, the Third Circuit, Court of Appeals, has removed the judge overseeing the case, . . .
Read More..
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 . . .
Read More..
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 . . .
Read More..
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 . . .
Read More..
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 . . .
Read More..
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 . . .
Read More..