By Tom McParland | October 7, 2020
A three-judge panel agreed that the lawsuit, which targeted Wachtell with allegations of "unusual" contracts with two investment banks hired to help ward off Icahn's move, failed to make out a case that the New York-based firm had been negligent in its professional representation.
By Jason Grant | October 5, 2020
The allegations of legal malpractice "are inadequate to sufficiently allege that the stipulation of settlement that the plaintiff entered into with his former wife was effectively compelled ... by the mistakes of counsel," the Appellate Division, Second Department ruled.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Anthony E. Davis and Janis M. Meyer | September 15, 2020
In their Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis and Janis M. Meyer discuss two recent ethics opinions from the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics addressed the duties of lawyers with respect to the Retention And Disposition Of Lawyer's Closed Files (Opinion 1192, issued in June) and the Disposition Of Wills (Opinion 1182, issued in January), which we previously addressed in March.
By Meredith Hobbs | September 8, 2020
Two shareholders in an e-commerce startup allege Troutman Pepper "succumbed to conflicts of interest" between competing company founders.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Andrew Lavoott Bluestone | September 8, 2020
How will the COVID pandemic change our judicial systems, and will there be any effect on legal malpractice?
By Jason Grant | May 5, 2020
The divorce attorney is accused by his ex-client of representing her in a divorce action despite the "conflict of interest" of her then-husband paying his lawyer fees. The ex-client also claims that her lawyer "continually ced[ed] her best interests on numerous critical issues to those of her then-husband."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Andrew Lavoott Bluestone | April 2, 2020
Andrew Lavoott Bluestone looks at issues arising at depositions of a defendant professional, limiting the discussion to attorneys in this setting.
By Jason Grant | March 3, 2020
The Appellate Division, First Department said that it was "wholly speculative" that the plaintiff in the malpractice suit would have gotten a different result in his underlying personal injury trial if the law firm had prepared a key witness differently.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Andrew Lavoott Bluestone | February 14, 2020
It can be complex to assign a definite date to the "mistaken act or departure."
By Jack Newsham | February 3, 2020
Wachtell Lipton and CVR have now litigated themselves to a draw, with the suit each filed against the other having been dismissed.
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