Which Biglaw Firm Just Got Hit With A $200 Million Malpractice Verdict?
Everything's bigger in Texas -- including the malpractice verdicts.
Ex-Biglaw Attorney Files Lawsuit Claiming His Former Firm Hung Him Out To Dry
If you get into legal trouble as a result of work you perform at a law firm, shouldn't that firm cover the cost of defending you?
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Biglaw Firm Gets Sued For Malpractice — And Elder Abuse?
A prominent law firm gets dragged into a rich family's feud.
Morning Docket: 05.06.14
* U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara wants to know more about why Governor Andrew Cuomo shut down an anticorruption commission. [New York Times] * The ABA weighs in on the “unfinished business” controversy affecting bankrupt law firms, their lawyers, and their clients. [WSJ Law Blog] * Better late than never: students and professors at UC Davis Law are pushing for the posthumous admission to the California bar of Hong Yeng Chang, who was denied a law license in 1890 solely because of his Chinese heritage. [Associated Press; South China Morning Post] * Speaking of late, a robber sent to prison 13 years late because of a clerical error just got released. [ABA Journal] * Drones could claim another victim: the First Circuit nomination of Harvard law professor David Barron. [How Appealing] * Who still wants a landline phone? The jury foreman in the latest Apple-Samsung battle, who is sick and tired of cellphones after the month-long trial. [The Recorder (sub. req.)] * Not such a Great Adventure: “Cadwalader To Pay $17M In Six Flags Malpractice Fight.” [Law360 (sub. req.)]
3 Things That Solos Do That Make Me Embarrassed To Be A Solo
Solo and small-firm lawyers: are you guilty of any of these sins?
5 Things I Wish They’d Told Me When I Started My Law Firm
One of our small-firm columnists, Carolyn Elefant, looks back on the launch of her practice.
Muppets Accused of Malpractice?
A Wall Street wife sues her former divorce lawyers for malpractice, accusing them of being puppets of her ex-husband.
If You’ve Had an Erection for More Than Twelve Hours, Seek Medical Attention (You Can Always Sue Later)
A medical malpractice lawsuit raises this question: Is 26 hours too long to wait before you seek medical attention for your erection?
Infographic of the Day: American Litigiousness Statistics That Will Make You Angry
Exactly how over-litigious is the United States? THIS much.
The Practice: Do You or Your Client Understand the Scope of Representation? (Part I)
Be forewarned: Brian Tannebaum is citing case law here, so if that scares you, stop reading now. There are two things lawyers are doing wrong when it comes to scope of representation, as in, “What is your obligation to this client?” The failure to comprehend this critical concept begins when you are retained, and rears its head again when the representation is over. So let’s talk about the dumbass things you are doing to complicate your life, and how to fix them....
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Non-Sequiturs: 10.24.11
* The TSA must be stopped. They’re now leaving creepy notes when they spy personal items in your luggage. [Not So Private Parts / Forbes] * Law students, trust me, there’s nothing on your Facebook page that three more points on the LSAT won’t fix. [WSJ Law Blog] * Berkeley Law 1Ls are playing an […]
McDermott Will & Emery Wins E-discovery Blunder of the Week
A wise man once said: “There, but for the grace of God, go I.” I think of this whenever there are claims of attorneys royally screwing up e-discovery. It’s easy to indulge in some schadenfreude and say, “What suckers!” But truthfully, many firms — even the big, prestigious ones — are more vulnerable than they’d […]
Former DLA Piper Attorney Faces Lawsuit for Failure to Pay His Debts
Well, this is pretty much my worst nightmare. Legal Profession Blog reports on the horrible story of Olufemi Nicol: The Illinois Administrator has filed a complaint alleging that an attorney failed in bad faith to repay his student loans for a graduate business degree obtained after he graduated from the University of Chicago Law School […]