Legal malpractice claim could be assigned 
Published: January 31, 2013
Tags: assignment, legal malpractice
State law permits the assignment of a legal malpractice claim in connection with the transfer of a former client’s assets and liabilities, the Idaho Supreme Court has ruled in answering a certified question from a U.S. District Court.
Attorney’s ‘worldly circumstances’ inadmissible
Published: January 28, 2013
Tags: legal malpractice, statute of limitations
A legal malpractice plaintiff should not have been permitted to introduce evidence that his former attorney lived a life of luxury, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled in answering a certified question from a U.S. District Court.
Mother, son sue former lawyer for ‘abandonment’
Published: January 23, 2013
Tags: abandonment, legal malpractice
A lawsuit filed by a mother and son claims that a lawyer abandoned their case and prevented them from receiving a share of an $11 million settlement.
Benchmarks: Jury can’t hear about lawyer’s luxury lifestyle
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 22, 2013
Tags: legal malpractice
Hot off the presses, the Georgia Supreme Court decided this morning that a legal malpractice jury should not have heard evidence about an Alabama lawyer’s $1 million income, vacation home, speed boats and luxury automobiles.
Suit alleges D.C. firm failed to protect inventor’s secrets
Published: January 18, 2013
Tags: breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, confidentiality, legal malpractice, malpractice, McDermott Will & Emery, negligence
A recently filed malpractice suit seeks to hold the D.C. law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery liable for the alleged theft of a California inventor’s confidential information.
Justices take up legal malpractice case
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 16, 2013
Tags: federal jurisdiction, legal malpractice, patent, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared reluctant Wednesday to make a federal case out of a legal malpractice claim arising from a patent suit.
Legal malpractice plaintiff can’t recover ‘lost’ punitives
Published: December 31, 2012
Tags: legal malpractice, malpractice, punitive damages
A legal malpractice plaintiff could not recover lost punitive damages when suing an attorney who allegedly mishandled her personal injury case, the Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled.
Lawyer may be negligent despite unsettled law
Published: December 20, 2012
Tags: dram shop statute, legal malpractice, standard of care
A lawyer could be liable for malpractice even though his alleged error in judgment related to an unsettled area of the law, the Alaska Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Legal malpractice suit puts focus on billing practices
By:
Correy Stephenson and Dave Frank
Published: December 7, 2012
Tags: billing, legal malpractice, professional liability
A national law firm is facing a legal malpractice claim that offers a cautionary tale for lawyers who might not be following best billing practices.
Missouri law firm to pay $800K to settle lawyer’s suit
Published: November 29, 2012
Tags: legal malpractice, Legal Malpractice Monitor, malicious prosecution, Missouri, statute of limitations, wrongful death
The St. Louis, Mo. law firm of Brown & James has agreed to pay $800,000 to settle a malicious prosecution lawsuit filed by attorney Daniel P. Finney Jr.
