By Jason Grant | August 3, 2022
The First Department court tossed out the legal malpractice action launched in 2019 by Dmitry Markov, who runs Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals, against Michael Barrows, now a name partner specializing in matrimonial law at Barrows Levy on Long Island.
By Jane Wester | July 28, 2022
Cash4Cases relied on a business model that involved buying the rights to the prospective recoveries from lawsuits, including personal injury and medical malpractice suits, prosecutors said.
By Jane Wester | July 26, 2022
Prosecutors emphasized Kurland's duties as an attorney as they described how he broke his clients' trust.
By Andrew Maloney | July 26, 2022
The former owners of a prominent hotel have argued that the law firm's advice triggered a default on the property.
By Jane Wester | July 25, 2022
Defense lawyer Telemachus Kasulis argued that alleged co-conspirators worked together to set up ex-Rivkin Radler partner Jason Kurland to "take the fall" while making money off the illegal scheme themselves.
By Jane Wester | July 1, 2022
Jason Kurland, a former partner at Rivkin Radler who represented the winners of lottery jackpots, had a professional liability insurance policy through Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
By Jason Grant | July 1, 2022
"Contrary to defendant's [Olshan Frome Wolosky's] contention, the allegations underlying the [former client's lawsuit] claim are not 'couched in terms of gross speculations on future events,'" wrote the Appellate Division, First Department court.
By Charles Toutant | July 1, 2022
Judges Garry Rothstadt, Jessica Mayer and Arnold Natali Jr. said dismissing the case was "too drastic" a penalty for discovery violations and that lesser penalties were available.
By Adolfo Pesquera | May 9, 2022
"We think there are greater forces at play in a couple of lawsuits in New York," the attorney said. "This lawsuit is meant to derail that litigation."
By Jason Grant | March 31, 2022
The appeals court has reinstated part of a $37 million legal-malpractice suit brought by a former client against a Manhattan attorney after the client lost a $35 million breach-of-contract action based on statute-of-frauds grounds.
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