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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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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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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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Legal Malpractice Arising Out of Political Scandal
/ 27.Nov, 2012The Philadelphia Inquirer has published an update on the Bowman v. K & L Gates legal malpractice action. The legal malpractice action arose out of . . .
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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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Another List of Good Habits
/ 20.Jul, 2012Here is a nice excerpt from the ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct to add to our list of lists on legal malpractice avoidance. This . . .
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Limited Scope Engagements
/ 11.Jul, 2012We have previously written on the importance of defining who you represent and for what purposes you represent them. There are situations in which an . . .
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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 . . .
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