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By ALM Staff | April 13, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By ALM Staff | April 10, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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By Amanda O'Brien | April 7, 2023
After a lawsuit prompted media coverage, an attorney says he has "found a number of additional claims against [James Conaboy and his firm] on behalf of former clients in Monroe County."
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By ALM Staff | April 7, 2023
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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By Amanda O'Brien | April 6, 2023
Arguments focused on when the companies should have been aware that they had a potential malpractice claim, with the parties arguing that a 2004 email advising them to enter into a Department of Justice consent decree was deceptive and "would have caused 'reasonable minds' to relax their vigilance."
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By Riley Brennan | April 3, 2023
"Because the plaintiffs did not proffer admissible evidence on damages, summary judgment should have entered for the defendants," the court said.
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By Mason Lawlor | March 28, 2023
"We, like the trial court, fail to see any unfair or deceptive act perpetuated by Attorney in his representation of Plaintiff when said representation resulted in the dismissal of the claim for damages. While the counter-complaint was initially dismissed, Plaintiff's re-filing of the claim ultimately resulted in a settlement. The erroneous judgment was also dismissed once the clerk's clerical error was discovered by the court. The record before this court is simply devoid of any theory through which Plaintiff was harmed by Attorney's legal representation," McClarty wrote.
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By Colleen Murphy | March 28, 2023
"Even assuming the district court correctly found LeBaron was not specifically required, either by court order or otherwise, to deposit Kylie's settlement funds directly into a trust account—a case-specific determination to be made by the finder of fact at the breach stage of the analysis—it does not follow that LeBaron owed no legal duty to Kylie," Judge Michele M. Christiansen Forster wrote.
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By Matthew B. Weisberg | March 23, 2023
There are practitioners who are de facto immune from an action in recompense from even their own admitted neglect.
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By Justin Henry | March 22, 2023
Scott Diamond pleaded guilty to stealing from the firm. An associate who also pleaded guilty as a co-conspirator received six months of probation on Tuesday.
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