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What a Mess!

/ 07.Aug, 2012

The 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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Malpractice Issues in Business Transactions

/ 09.Jul, 2012

CNA 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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Stradley Ronon v. Sovereign Bank (Round Two)

/ 12.Jun, 2012

Last 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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Interesting opinion on legal malpractice, indemnity, and contribution

/ 25.May, 2012

United 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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Where to begin. . .

/ 17.May, 2012

The 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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Case Within a Case in Detail

/ 11.May, 2012

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court of New Jersey’s summary judgment in Minkin v. Gibbons P.C., . . .

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Ethics Opinion on Cloud Computing

/ 09.May, 2012

The issue of cloud computing, the storing and sharing of data on/with remote servers, has been a hot topic in attorney ethics circles recently.  The . . .

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An important rule

/ 08.May, 2012

The Rules of Professional Conduct, as our courts have repeatedly held, cannot form the basis for a professional liability action, but they can be a good . . .

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Dewey Dismal System- Implosion

/ 03.May, 2012

One of the largest law firms in New York City appears to be imploding.  Dewey & LeBoeuf partners have been encouraged to look for work elsewhere, . . .

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$34.5 Million Verdict in Legal Malpractice Case

/ 01.May, 2012

A Los Angeles jury awarded $34.5 million dollars to a group of investors who had brought a legal malpractice action against the law firm Holland . . .

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