Bryan Dick-Ipsen v. Humphrey, Farrington & McClain, P.C., et al., 2024 IL App (1st) 241043 - Brief Summary - The First District Appellate Court in Illinois affirmed the trial court's denial of a defendant law firm's motion to…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Toxic Torts
Michael Freude v. Jeffrey M. Berzowski and Di Renzo & Bomier, LLC., No. 2023 AP 764 (Wis. App. August 7, 2024) - Brief Summary - The plaintiff sued two defendants for legal malpractice related to an allegedly time-barred…
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/ Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Workers' Compensation
Michael Qualizza v. Neil D. Freeman, et al., 2024 IL App (1st) 231534-U (July 26, 2024) - Brief Summary - The First District Appellate Court in Illinois reaffirmed the broad scope of the absolute litigation privilege in claims…
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/ Civil Procedure
Chamblee Ryan, P.C. v. JBS Carrier, Inc., No. 12-23-00125-CV (Tex. App. — Tyler June 12, 2024) - Brief Summary - Plaintiff, JBS Carriers, Inc. (“JBS”), sued Chamblee Ryan, P.C. (the “defendant”) for legal malpractice related to…
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/ Civil Procedure, Professional Malpractice
Forshee v. Moulton, 2024 Tex. App. LEXIS 2520 (Houston [14th Dist.] April 11, 2024) - Brief Summary - The Texas Court of Appeals held that when a plaintiff's claim against her former attorney properly is grounded in professional…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Professional Malpractice
Iavor Stoyanov v. Himont Law Group, Ltd., et al., 2024 IL App (1st) 221434-U (April 15, 2024) - Brief Summary - The First District Appellate Court in Illinois held that the trial court (Judge Patrick J. Sherlock) was correct in…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Professional Malpractice
James MacDonald vs. Sally Wagenmaker, et.al., 2024 IL App (1st) 230089 (March 1, 2024) - Brief Summary - An Illinois appellate court reversed a discovery order compelling the defendant law firm to produce privileged…
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/ Civil Procedure
Lehram Capital Investments, Ltd., et al. v. Baker & McKenzie International, et al., 2024 IL App (1st) 230095 (Feb. 14, 2024) - Brief Summary Plaintiffs Lehram Capital Investments (“Lehram”) and Daniel Rodriguez (“Rodriguez”)…
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/ Civil Procedure, International Law & Trade
Brief Summary - The Florida Bar has concluded that a lawyer may utilize generative artificial intelligence (AI) so long as the lawyer can reasonably guarantee compliance with the lawyer's ethical obligations…
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/ Civil Procedure
Flanigan v. Herman., 2024 Wash. App. LEXIS 44 (Wash. Ct. App. Jan. 11, 2024) - Brief Summary - The Washington Court of Appeals held that when the facts are undisputed, proximate cause is an issue of law to be decided by the…
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/ Civil Procedure, Professional Malpractice
Davis, et. al. v. Hayes Hofler, P.A., 2024 N.C. App. LEXIS 11 (Ct. App. January 2, 2024) - Brief Summary - The North Carolina Court of Appeals aligned itself with the minority view by holding that the continuous representation…
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/ Civil Procedure, Professional Malpractice
Labelle v. Berenson LLP, 2023 Fla. App. LEXIS 8693 - Brief Summary - In a legal malpractice action arising out of an underlying commercial dispute, Florida's Third District Court of Appeal reversed and remanded a trial court's…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts
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The plaintiff, Comprehensive Marketing, Inc. ("plaintiff"), filed a lawsuit against its former attorneys ("defendants") for legal malpractice related to legal advice the defendants provided regarding opt-out…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Professional Malpractice
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Plaintiff, Nancy Malek (plaintiff), filed a complaint against her now ex-husband’s counsel, Chuhak & Tecson, P.C. (defendant or C&T), alleging that the defendant aided and abetted a fraudulent transfer of…
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/ Civil Procedure, Family Law
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The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts held that the insured failed to comply with the notice provisions of a claims-made policy. Whether the insurer had actual notice of the claim…
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/ Insurance, Professional Malpractice