By Scott Flaherty | January 11, 2019
David Boies has sold his Sherry-Netherland apartment for $13.6 million.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Priscilla Lundin | January 10, 2019
In this Lawyer Wellness column, Priscilla Lundin discusses the Pledge Campaign organized by the American Bar Association's Working Group to Advance Well-Being in the Legal Profession, in which over 60 legal employers are participating by committing to effect organizational changes that will raise awareness about the high incidence of alcohol and other substance abuse problems; reduce the stigma of mental illness; and encourage and support help-seeking.
By Scott Flaherty | January 7, 2019
A former client is dragging attorney Aaron Schlossberg into court and back into the spotlight.
By Jason Grant | January 2, 2019
An Appellate Division, First Department, panel has decided that plaintiff Jodi Knox's claims, including malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud against Manhattan-based law firm Aronson, Mayefsky & Sloan, must all be dismissed.
By Christine Simmons | January 2, 2019
David Boies said he is putting Guo Wengui and his attorneys on notice to withdraw the malpractice suit or face costs. Guo's attorney won't budge.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | December 13, 2018
U.S. Magistrate Judge Martin Carlson said the case should be sent to "the 'home court'" where the Tronox bankruptcy at the center of the malpractice case was litigated.
By William T. McCaffery | November 9, 2018
According to the most recent survey of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Professional Liability, personal injury litigation, alone, accounts for more than 20 percent of all legal malpractice claims brought in the United States. Being most at risk to malpractice claims, it is imperative for litigation attorneys to incorporate certain essential risk management techniques into their practices.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Andrew Lavoott Bluestone | November 5, 2018
The attorney-client relationship has a limited lifespan. Generally, it is a project-based temporary business relationship, albeit a fiduciary one. Whether the representation is short or long, transactional or litigation based, it must someday end. It may end with settlement or a verdict in litigation, it may end at the completion of a transaction, or it may end in the middle.
By Christine Simmons | November 2, 2018
A Manhattan judge, dismissing a legal malpractice complaint against Schulte Roth & Zabel, found there was no attorney-client relationship with the law firm.
By Jason Grant | November 2, 2018
A state appeals court also ruled that it had before it the rare instance in which the proximate cause element of malpractice, generally a question for a fact finder, could be determined as a matter of law.
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