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Polsinelli Podcast - Avoiding Professional Liability
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
“Legal malpractice claim.” No attorney wants to hear these three dreaded words, but a malpractice claim is an unfortunate possibility when working within the legal field. Knowing more about the issues that can prompt a...more
In our March Insurance Update, we discuss four state supreme court cases and four cybercrime cases. The state high courts address: •From whose perspective should a consent-to-settle provision be judged? •What standard...more
The legal profession likes to present the façade of unwavering perfection, which is why an accusation of malpractice can be particularly unsettling for the attorney at whom it is lodged. These allegations can make a lawyer...more
This is a must-attend event for law firm general counsel and managing partners, in-house corporate counsel, professional liability practitioners, legal malpractice insurance professionals, and any practicing lawyer concerned...more
Beginning on January 1, 2019, lawyers will need to make sure clients understand existing confidentiality protections for mediation communications before the client agrees to participate in mediation. Or if the client has...more
In This Evidentiary Privilege May Stop At The Border, I noted that Section 1119 of the California Evidence Code establishes a broad mediation privilege...more
In Amis v. Greenberg Traurig LLP (No. B248447 - filed March 18, 2015), Division Three of the Second District Court of Appeal held that a malpractice plaintiff cannot circumvent mediation confidentiality by advancing...more
The California Court of Appeal yesterday upheld application of the mediation confidentiality statutes to bar a malpractice action which was based on the attorneys’ actions during mediation. John Amis vs. Greenberg Traurig...more