By Jason Grant | December 16, 2022
The Appellate Division, First Department court focused on Dr. Peter Foley Rizzo's failure to "adequately plead proximate causation" as part of his malpractice counterclaim lodged against the Manhattan-based firm of Belair & Evans, which had sued the physician for allegedly unpaid legal fees.
By Avalon Zoppo | December 5, 2022
"I'm asking you what time it is and you're telling me how to make a watch," the bar disciplinary counsel told Giuliani in one exchange.
By Avalon Zoppo | November 30, 2022
One ethics expert said the outcome of Giuliani's hearing could impact complaints pending against other lawyers who pushed baseless election fraud claims in court.
By Jason Grant | November 3, 2022
The plaintiff argued the statute of limitations period for his $750,000 legal malpractice case was tolled "based on alleged emails and telephone conversations" he'd had with the law firm for nine years about the status of the firm collecting of a 2010 money judgment.
By Jason Grant | October 24, 2022
"The outstanding counterclaim in the employment action and [the lawyer] defendants' failure to move to be relieved in that action did not show a mutual understanding of a need for further representation," wrote the Appellate Division, First Department court.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Nicholas Cutaia and Joel E. Antwi | October 18, 2022
In recent decisions, New York courts have shown a consistent willingness to dismiss malpractice claims where a plaintiff impermissibly speculates about the causal link between a lawyer's alleged negligence and the plaintiff's damages.
By Charles Toutant | October 13, 2022
"It's a crime, literally and figuratively, what Metzger and the associates and Cullen and Dykman did," the plaintiff energy companies said in their motion.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jonathan Isaacson and Brett Scher | September 19, 2022
While some states have given legal malpractice attorneys the green light to disregard workers' compensation liens, New York is not one of them.
By Adolfo Pesquera | August 18, 2022
The appellate court revisited the lawsuit on remand from the Texas Supreme Court, which in 2021 used this case to establish a new test for determining attorney immunity.
By Avalon Zoppo | August 4, 2022
A D.C. Bar lawyer cautioned Giuliani's lawyers it did not appear they were focusing on the crux of the complaint filed against their client.
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