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Viewpoint: Early Action Key to Mitigating Risk in Professional Liability Claims

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Professional liability claims impact a multitude of professions, including those in the legal, medical, financial and insurance industries. Claims for malpractice, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and related...more

Goldberg Segalla

A Worrying Trend? Legal Malpractice Payouts Soar

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Uh oh. Surveyed legal malpractice insurance carriers pointed to sympathetic jurors and aversion to trying cases as possible explanations for an “all-time high” in claims payouts despite similar year-over-year volume....more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

[Event] 23rd Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference (LMRM) - March 5th - 7th, Chicago, IL

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Hinshaw's annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management (LMRM) Conference is the industry's gold standard for advice on litigating legal malpractice claims and navigating legal malpractice insurance, professional responsibility,...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

[Event] 22nd Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference (LMRM) - March 7th - 9th, Chicago, IL

Do you have plans for March 7-9? Join us at Hinshaw's 22nd Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference (LMRM) at The Ritz-Carlton Chicago. Register by January 27 to take advantage of the Early Bird Discount. Join...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Do In-House Lawyers Need Insurance Coverage for Malpractice?

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As the litigation environment for directors and officers gets more intense, in-house lawyers are asking the question: Do I need malpractice insurance? It’s a good question. If needed, the type of insurance in-house counsel...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

[Event] 21st Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference (LMRM) - March 1st - 3rd, Chicago, IL

Please join us for the 21st Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference (LMRM) for one-and-a-half days of practical and engaging panel sessions focused on current and important developments in the law, litigation of...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

[Virtual Event] 20th Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management (LMRM) Conference - March 2nd - 4th, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm CT

Please join us for the 20th Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management (LMRM) Conference—An All New Virtual Experience for three half-days of practical and engaging online programming focused on current and important...more

Carlton Fields

Illinois Supreme Court: Innocent Insured Doctrine? For a Lawyer? (cough)

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Illinois State Bar Assoc. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Law Office Of Tuzzolino and Terpinas, the Illinois Supreme Court held that the “innocent insured” doctrine does not protect an innocent prospective insured, if his law partner makes...more

Melito & Adolfsen

Do Lawyers Professional Liability Policies fall within the “no prejudice” amendments to New York’s Insurance Law for late notice?

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The New York State Insurance Department has issued an ambiguous opinion taking the position that the amendment to Insurance Law §3420(a)(5), changing the “no prejudice” rule, applies to all liability policies, which arguably...more

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