Posts by Ben Wasserman:
Legal Malpractice Attorney's Fees: Fee Shifting? or the Client's Right to be Made Whole?
“Akin Gump” “Saffer v. Willoughby”
- Posted on: Nov 2 2009
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Texas Supreme Court Holds, like New Jersey, that Attorneys' Fees in a Later Legal Malpractice Action are Compensable Damages
Akin Gump Strauss, etc. v. National Development and Research Corp. (07-0818). Supreme Court of Texas- Decided October 30, 2009 The Supreme Court of Texas took a giant step closer to …
- Posted on: Oct 30 2009
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Law Reviews Launch Into Cyberspace and Suddenly Take on New Relevancy
From Henry Gottlieb of the New Jersey Law Journal, October 28, 2009 (on line): For students looking for interaction with authors and practitioners in a law review format, the cutting …
- Posted on: Oct 30 2009
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NJ: Duty to Conduct a Reasonable Investigation
Brizak v. Needle, 239 N.J. Super. 415, 571 A.2d 975 (1990) Student Contributor: Maninder (Meena) Saini NJ Underlying Statute of Limitations and Duty to Investigate Facts: Plaintiff-client commenced a malpractice …
- Posted on: Oct 28 2009
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NY: Proving Proximate Cause in Underlying Criminal Defense Malpractice
Daly v. Peace,54 A.D.3d 801, 863 N.Y.S.2d 770, 2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 06955 NY Underlying defense of criminal action Student Contributor: Angela M. Ignelzi Facts: Plaintiff-Client brought an action against …
- Posted on: Oct 27 2009
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PA: Settle & Sue? No Way! (Take 1)
Muhammed v. Strassburger, McKenna, Messer, Shilobod and Gutnik 526 Pa. 541, 587 A.2d 1346 (Pa. 1991) PA Underlying Medical Malpractice Litigation Student Contributor: Justin B. Lieberman Facts: Former client sued …
- Posted on: Oct 27 2009
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Legal Malpractice Insurance: Don't Tell? Don't Cover!
Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation, Inc. v. Nowell Amoroso, P.A. 189 N.J. 436, 916 A.2d 440 (N.J. 2007) NJ Underlying matter: Malpractice Insurance coverage Student Contributor: Evan Michael Hess Facts: Plaintiff …
- Posted on: Oct 26 2009
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Shifting and Sharing the Blame to others for Legal Malpractice
Cherry Hill Manor Associates v. Faugno (N.J.Super.A.D., 2004) (PDF) reversed by 182 N.J. 64 (2004) NJ Underlying Real Estate and Litigation Student Contributor: John Anzalone Facts: Plaintiff retained Attorney 1 …
- Posted on: Oct 25 2009
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NJ Supreme Court: Settle and Sue Round 2.
The New Jersey Supreme Court is about to take another look at the "settle and sue" syndrome: When a client settles a case and then sues his or her lawyer …
- Posted on: Oct 22 2009
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Welcome to the Legal Malpractice Law Review
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- Posted on: Oct 18 2009
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