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Attorney Malpractice Contract Terms

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Mandatory Mediation Clauses in Retainer Agreements

We often settle legal malpractice claims before they result in a publicly filed lawsuit. Many of our clients, who are lawyers, want to avoid a public lawsuit, but once a suit is filed, they want to be vindicated by a...more

Marshall Dennehey

Legal Updates for Lawyers’ Professional Liability - Case Law Update

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Venue and Retainer Agreements - Price v. Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., 24-CV-04720 (JMW), 2024 WL 4528928 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 18, 2024) - In this case, argued by Nicholas P. Chrysanthem of tour New York City and Long Island offices,...more

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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms That Attorney Representing a Closely Held Business Does Not Owe a Duty to its Managing Member

An appellate court in Illinois declined to expand the scope of the third-party beneficiary theory espoused in Pelham v. Griesheimer, 92 Ill.2d 13 (1982) and affirmed summary judgment in favor of the law firm and its partners....more

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