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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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Legal Malpractice Based on Client Confidentiality
/ 10.Jan, 2013McDermott, Will & Emery is facing a legal malpractice action alleging a formal partner passed on to his family members confidential information related to a . . .
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Supreme Court of Kentucky Repudiates the Impact Rule for Recovery of Emotional Distress Damages
/ 07.Jan, 2013The “Impact Rule” has long been the standard plaintiffs must meet to recover emotional distress damages in a number of states (including Pennsylvania, with exceptions). . . .
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Decisions Allowing Excess Carriers’ Legal Malpractice Claims Against Defense Attorneys Upheld (to some degree)
/ 26.Dec, 2012Last year we noted a Mississippi Court of Appeals decision which permitted an excess insurance carrier to bring a legal malpractice action against its insureds’ . . .
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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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Former Delaware County Prosecutor Sentenced
/ 20.Dec, 2012Michael Donohue, a former Delaware County prosecutor, who was found guilty of a hit-and-run on a teenager in November 2011, has been sentenced to 4 . . .
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Legal Malpractice and the Penn State Scandal
/ 18.Dec, 2012In connection with the Jerry Sandusky scandal, former Penn State Vice President, Gary Schultz, has been charged with perjury, failure to report suspected child abuse, . . .
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