NY: Reasonable Fees, Big Time
Lawrence v. Miller 48 A.D.3d 1, 853 N.Y.S.2d 1 (1st Dept., 2007) Student Contributor: Maninder (Meena) Saini NY Underlying Estate Litigation-Attorney fees Facts: A husband passed away and left the ...
NJ: Double Whammy or Making the Victim Whole? No Fees for Underlying Negligent Representation + Malpractice Attorney's Fees as Consequential Damages.
Distefano v. Greenstone, 357 N.J. Super. 352, 815 A.2d 496 (2003) NJ Underlying personal injury action; statute of limitations Student Contributor: Evan Hess Facts: Defendants represented Plaintiff in a personal ...
NY: Is a Reasonable Fee Evidence of Reasonable Care?
Wallenstein v. Cohen, 45 A.D.3d 674, 845 N.Y.S.2d 428 (App. Div. 2007) NY Underlying Fee Arbitration Student Contributor: Maninder (Meena) Saini Facts: Defendant-attorneys represented the plaintiff-client in a matrimonial action that ...
NY: Negligent Representation? No Fee.
Campagnola v. Mulholland, Minion & Roe, (pdf) 76 N.Y.2d 38 (N.Y. 1990); 555 N.E.2d 611 N.Y. Underlying personal injury action Student Contributor: Jason Klein Facts: Plaintiff was struck by a car ...
NJ: Restoring "Wholeness" to Victims of Legal Malpractice
Bailey v. Pocaro & Pocaro, 305 N.J.Super. 1, 701 A.2d 916 (App. Div.1997). Student Contributor: Todd Feinstein NJ: Underlying Litigation Facts: This case found its way back to court after ...
Legal Malpractice Attorney's Fees: Fee Shifting? or the Client's Right to be Made Whole?
"Akin Gump" "Saffer v. Willoughby"
The Hidden Issue in Akin Gump v NDR
The Texas Supreme Court’s new opinion (October 30, 2009) in Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. v. National Development and Research Corporation holds that “collectibility” must be determined no ...
Akin Gump v NDR – Practical Consequences of Allowing Attorneys' Fees as Damages
The Texas Supreme Court’s new opinion in Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. v. National Development and Research Corporation holds that a malpractice plaintiff may recover damages for attorney’s ...
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 ...
Arbitrating Legal Malpractice Claims: OK Clauses in Retainer Agreements
Kamaratos v. Palias, 360 N.J. Super. 76 (App. Div. 2003) Student Contributor: Melissa Goldberg NJ Underlying Commercial Action Facts: The Plaintiff was a minority shareholder in a corporation and retained ...