Law firm breakups are fraught with the potential for attorney misconduct. Attorneys who determine they can no longer work together will often take the additional step of accusing one another of inappropriate conduct....more
Greenberg v. Lehocky, ___ F.4th ___, 2023 WL 5539272 (3d Cir. Aug. 29, 2023) - The recent amendment to Pennsylvania Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4, prohibiting harassment and discrimination in the practice of law, remains...more
The plaintiffs alleged the court erred in not allowing them to amend their pleadings to clarify facts regarding equitable tolling and erred in not recognizing that issues of fact existed. The trial court found, and the...more
The district court granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss in an action asserting claims for breach of fiduciary duty and legal malpractice. The court found that the plaintiffs lacked prudential standing to assert any of...more
Kohut v. Vlahos, 289 A.3d 96 (Pa. Super. 2022), purported named beneficiaries to a will cannot state a legal malpractice claim based upon an unsigned will. “Until Decedent signed a revised will, his purported intent to...more