Tag: legal malpractice

The United States District Court of the Southern District of New York recently disqualified the law firm of Holland & Knight from representing a plaintiff, First NBC Bank, in a [...]

Recently, the Illinois State Bar Association brought a declaratory judgement action against one of its members in Indiana federal court. The ISBA seeks a ruling that frees them from defending [...]

Following the trial, a Cook County Circuit Court ruled in favor of Ungaretti & Harris, a Chicago Law Firm. The trial revolved around a fee dispute with its former client, [...]

The United States District Court of the Northern District of Ohio sided with a professional liability insurance carrier in a declaratory judgment action. Because the lawyer failed to report a [...]

A New York appeals court recently sanctioned a plaintiff’s attorney in a legal malpractice case as a result of the court’s finding that the legal malpractice plaintiff’s attorney continued to [...]

The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear an appeal on a legal malpractice negligence case. The case involves the Indiana Tort Claims Act and negligence claims brought against local municipalities. [...]

Former clients of Eric Conn, a Social Security lawyer, are suing him in a class-action. Conn pleaded guilty to bribing a social security judge. He also submitted falsified medical information [...]

A New York federal judge ruled that a lawyer and his firm may be sued under the state’s attorney deceit statute. Allegedly, false statements were made during the lawsuit. According [...]

A Louisiana man is suing a Texas law firm and two of its partners for failing to timely pursue workers’ compensation and third-party liability claims related to injuries sustained by [...]