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...more
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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...more
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The Georgia Court of Appeals held that the continuous representation rule does not apply to legal malpractice actions. Thus, plaintiff's claims against his attorneys based on their alleged negligence in...more
A California appellate court affirmed the trial court's conclusion that a lawyer's anti-SLAPP motion was frivolous because the filing was not an issue of public interest, nor was it litigation activity. He was accordingly...more
Pence v. Slate, et al., 2018AP652 -
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One month after the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued its decision in MacLeish v. Boadman & Clark, LLP, 381 Wis. 2d 471 (2019)—a decision discussed in our previous...more
Knutson v. Foster, 25 Cal. App. 5th 1075, 1077 (Aug. 8, 2018) -
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A competitive swimmer was successful in reinstating a jury verdict against her lawyer for fraudulent concealment and intentional breach of...more
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In a case of first impression for Utah's highest court, the court vacated a jury award of non-economic damages for emotional distress allegedly sustained by plaintiff as a result of the alleged malpractice....more
Brook, as Trustee of the David North II Trust, successor to the assets of Cortina Financial, Inc. v. McCormley, et al., No. 16-4255 (7th Cir. 2017)
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The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's...more
Prospect Development, LLC, et al v. Donald Kreger and Schiff Hardin, 2016 IL App (1st) 150433 -
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Plaintiff sued a lawyer and his law firm for alleged legal malpractice arising out of the collapse of a...more
7/6/2016
/ Attorney Malpractice ,
Bad Faith ,
Breach of Contract ,
Cause of Action Accrual ,
Equitable Estoppel ,
Equitable Tolling ,
Fraudulent Concealment ,
Loans ,
Redevelopment ,
Statute of Repose ,
Unclean Hands
Naughton v. Pfaff, 2016 IL.App (2nd) 150360 -
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A referring attorney sought to recover under an oral fee-sharing agreement with another attorney, alleging that their agreement constituted a joint...more