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Don’t Let Your Lawyer’s AI Problem Become Yours

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On March 10, 2026, a federal prosecutor with thirty years of experience stood before a magistrate judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina and announced his resignation....more

Wiley Rein LLP

Trade‑Secret Conspiracy Allegations Against Georgia Attorney Do Not Arise from Professional Services and Do Not Trigger Duty to...

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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia held that a lawyers’ professional liability insurer owed no duty to defend or indemnify an attorney against trade‑secret and conspiracy claims because the...more

IR Global

Professional Negligence Claim Resolved Following £2m Liability

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Howard Colman was instructed by a substantial commercial property client to pursue a claim for damages for professional negligence against its former solicitors....more

Cozen O'Connor

One Claim, Two Lenses: Legal and Practical Implications of Splitting The Claim File

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In the insurance industry, insurers often maintain split files for complex liability claims as an administrative control that enables their defense of an insured(s) while simultaneously investigating coverage issues. While...more

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Agentic AI Liability: Managing Accountability in Autonomous Legal Workflows

As legal AI evolves from chatbots to autonomous agents that work toward objectives, make decisions, and adjust their actions based on real-time feedback, the question is no longer who is responsible, but how responsibility is...more

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When Does a Client’s Duty to Investigate Begin? Lessons from a Time-Barred Malpractice Case : Georgia Federal Court Says...

Brief Summary - What happens when a client discovers—decades after the fact—that their attorney’s tax advice was fraudulent? A recent decision by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia...more

BCLP

Eiger Funding (PCC) Ltd v Ridge and Partners LLP - A Cautionary Tale for Monitoring Surveyors and Lenders

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In this Insight, Fainche Whelan considers the case of Eiger Funding (PCC) Limited v Ridge and Partners LLP [2026] EWHC 609 (TCC). Here, an independent monitoring surveyor (“IMS”) was found liable to pay £2.5m in damages to a...more

Troutman Amin LLP

SERIOUS STUFF: Court Reminds TCPA Lawyers They Could Be Disbarred or Jailed for Submitting False Evidence– And Everyone Should...

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Its getting a little chippy out there in TCPAWorld lately. I’ve been noticing an increasing effort by TCPA litigants to seek sanctions and call each other liars. At issue, ultimately, are the veracity of leads– webform...more

Saiber LLC

The Saiber Construction Law Column: March 2026

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A core legal principle that dates to Roman times provides, “ignorantia juris non excusat” – Ignorance of the law is no excuse! In other words, the law imputes knowledge of all laws to all people in a jurisdiction where a...more

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Court Rejects Plaintiff Attempts to Preemptively Limit Defense Cross Claims and Expert Testimony

A recent defense victory reinforces key procedural protections for defendants and pushes back against a growing plaintiff‑side litigation tactic....more

Fishman Haygood LLP

Louisiana Supreme Court Confirms Attorney Fee-Sharing Agreements Must Comply with Rules of Professional Conduct

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A recent decision from the Louisiana Supreme Court clarifies that attorney fee-sharing agreements between lawyers in different firms are subject to – and must comply with – the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct,...more

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP

Legal Ethics: The Fascinating Case of State v. Houston

Rarely does one case identify three separate ethical issues worthy of discussion. However, Justice Fader did me a favor in State of Maryland v. James S. Houston, No. 37, September Term, 2025 (March 20, 2026). Originally...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, V 3, Issue 4, 2026

Welcome to our fourth issue of 2026 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at the record setting False Claims Act recovery results from 2025, proposed cuts at HHS, the...more

Law School Toolbox

Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 347: Listen and Learn -- Duty of Confidentiality (Professional Responsibility)

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we're discussing one of the most tested subtopics of professional responsibility -- the duty of a lawyer to maintain the confidentiality of all information relating to the...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Court Suggests That Opposing Counsel Also Failed to Check Citations

Do lawyers have an obligation not only to verify their own citations, but also to catch their opponents “hallucinated” authorities? A recent Seventh Circuit decision suggests that the answer may be edging toward yes....more

Freeman Mathis & Gary

Q1 - 2026 - FMG Professional Liability Quarterly Report

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A summary of the important professional liability topics by our expert team members for the first quarter. USPS POSTMARK PROCEDURE CHANGE- The U.S. Postal Service has implemented a significant operational change that...more

Offit Kurman

Caught in the Middle: A Major League Baseball Family Trust Dispute

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Those of us living in the middle of the Sandwich Generation know that the role is rarely just about caretaking and logistics. It is about judgment, advocacy, and sometimes the uncomfortable responsibility of questioning what...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Training the AI-Enabled Lawyer: Educating Attorneys on Effective and Ethical Use of Gen AI Tools

As attorneys continue to implement generative AI (GAI) tools across live client work, law firms are recognizing that comprehensive associate training represents a critical component of responsible GAI integration. In a recent...more

Goldberg Segalla

Malpractice Arising from Cybertheft at Closing

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Of all classes of attorneys, those who handle real estate transactions are some of the most vulnerable to a legal malpractice suit. We have previously posted about the trend highlighted by the ABA that a higher percentage of...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Sometimes Knowledge Isn’t Enough: Connecticut Court Finds Application of Prior Knowledge Exclusion is a Matter for the Factfinder

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The Superior Court of Connecticut, applying Connecticut law, has held that the question of whether a professional liability policy’s prior knowledge exclusion barred coverage for a malpractice action is an issue for the trier...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

AI-Assisted Pro Se Litigation: Who Pays the Price?

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In January 2024, Plaintiff Graciela Dela Torre settled her long-term disability claim with Nippon Life Insurance Company (Nippon) and dismissed her case with prejudice. Later, Plaintiff Dela Torre questioned her settlement....more

Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP

Ohio’s Bright-Line on Contract Drafting by Nonlawyers in Construction Projects

On many projects, owners and project teams are under intense pressure to keep procurement moving and to meet deadlines. Sometimes an architect, construction manager, or owner’s representative offers to “draft the contract,”...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Reading Between the Lines: The New SEC SOX Enforcement Group

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The recent job postings by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on USAJOBS.gov — the U.S. government’s job board — has caused speculation regarding the future of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s (PCAOB)...more

King & Spalding

The SEC’s New SOX Group – Potential Impacts for Audit Firms, Their Professionals, and Future PCAOB Enforcement

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Recent reporting and official job postings have made clear that the SEC is forming a new group within its Division of Enforcement to focus on investigating and enforcing violations by audit firms and their professionals....more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

From Supervision to Independence: New Jersey Rewrites the APN Rulebook

On March 30, 2026, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed legislation making permanent the ability of certain qualified Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) to practice and prescribe independently in New Jersey, marking a...more

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