By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | August 14, 2017
Legal Malpractice Complaint Against Kane Kessler Firm Dismissed as Time-Barred
By B. Colby Hamilton | August 11, 2017
Southern District Judge Gabriel Gorenstein dismissed a motion by Arent Fox to compel its former client to produce communications with replacement counsel.
By Andrew Denney | August 11, 2017
The refusal by Joseph Conway of LaRusso, Conway & Bartling to file an appeal for his client was "inexcusable as a matter of ethics and professionalism," the judge ruled.
By Miriam Rozen | August 11, 2017
Plaintiffs in a 2-year-old lawsuit against Philadelphia's Duane Morris filed an amended petition that ups their damage calculations to over three-quarters of a billion dollars, according to Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee, who represents the investor group behind the suit.
By Catherine Wilson | August 9, 2017
The Third District Court of Appeal rules Guy Lewis and Michael Tein cannot sue the Miccosukee tribe for destroying their Miami law firm.
By Angela Morris | August 8, 2017
Mark Womack, a Houston solo who beat back a legal malpractice case after eight years of litigation, said he's gratified that the State Bar of Texas filed a disciplinary lawsuit against the lawyer who represented the plaintiff who sued him.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | August 8, 2017
Former clients of plaintiffs firm Kwok Daniel sued the Houston firm and four lawyers, alleging they filed a wrongful death suit too late.
By Shari Klevens and Randy Evans | August 4, 2017
Engagement letters may be viewed as merely administrative items, which sometimes results in attorneys giving them little thought.
By Michael Booth | August 4, 2017
The Appellate Division has reaffirmed trial courts' authority to require a legal malpractice plaintiff to present expert testimony to demonstrate proximate cause.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 4, 2017
Under the gist-of-the-action doctrine, plaintiff's legal malpractice suit against defendants sounded in tort and, therefore, the suit was time-barred because it was not filed within two years from accrual as required by 42 Pa.C.S. § 5524. The court granted defendants relief.
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