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A Reasonable Break

/ 01.Oct, 2012

In March 2011, we posted on the plight of counsel in Newman Development Group v. Genuardi’s, 744 EDA 2010 (Pa. Super. 2010).  The Superior Court . . .

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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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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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$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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Former Cozen Associate Suspended for 30 Months

/ 11.Apr, 2012

Matthew Francis Henry, a former Cozen O’Connor associate, has been suspended from practicing for 30 months by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for extravagant false billings . . .

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The Umpires Strike Back

/ 28.Mar, 2012

The Lima, Pennsylvania firm of Phillips Campbell & Phillips, has been sued in Ft. Worth, Texas, for legal malpractice by the Professional Association of Golf . . .

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Malpractice Avoidance Quick Tip

/ 07.Mar, 2012

Another in our series of malpractice avoidance Quick Tips: 1.  Be careful what you write and what you say Treat all e-mails as if they . . .

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It just goes on and on. . .

/ 27.Feb, 2012

Two recent cases illustrate one of the central problems with legal malpractice cases, they frequently just will not end.  In the case of In re: . . .

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