The Law Blog of Plaintiff's Attorney Max Kennerly
One of my favorite cases, Huber v. Taylor, filed 2002, loaded with allegations against the plaintiffs former attorneys and all kinds of fun remedies like disgorgement, just finished its second round on appeal, back down to the District Court for the third time.
The prior opinion, Huber v. Taylor, 469 F.3d 67 (3d Cir.
The Recorder digs up this lawsuit by McAfee against WilmerHale for "fraud, theft, negligence and breach of fiduciary duty" for billing $12 million to defend their Chief Financial Officer in his accounting fraud case (he was convicted).
Here’s the claim:
"[WilmerHale] intentionally overworked and churned the representation of Goyal; shamelessly employing over 100 WilmerHale timekeepers
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In New York comes word of an attorney being ordered to repay $403,000 for mishandling a judge’s estate. To wit:
Nearly half of the $403,000 Ambrosio ordered Taylor to pay to Phillips’ estate stemmed from her handling of the $696,000 in net proceeds from a court-approved sale of one of Phillips’ properties.
Taylor acknowledged taking
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The WSJ Law Blog on a malpractice suit, alleging that discovery mistakes led to a $107 million settlement [to which] the company would not have otherwise agreed:
According to the complaint, the North Carolina federal court in which the underlying litigation occurred, held that it was “under Kaye Scholer’s watch” that Celanese was sanctioned for
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At New York Attorney Malpractice Blog:
How Do You Forget to File a $19 Million Legal Malpractice Case?
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog reports that a huge class action legal malpractice case against DLA Piper Rudnick has been dismissed. Plaintiff’s and defendants had entered into a tolling agreement that was amended and went on
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I spotted this intriguing entry with regard to the Bear Stearns indictment and the duty of corporate counsel to employees:
[Defendant Tannin] raised the issue of whether to approach a lawyer regarding his doubts about the market. “Who do we talk to about this?” wrote Tannin in an e-mail, sent from his private account, to co-defendant Ralph Cioffi. “Outside counsel? (And here we have to be careful because our outside counsel is [Bear Stearns Asset Management’s counsel] NOT our counsel — This is another very big issue we at least need to think about.)”
He was right — if he had talked to Bear Stearns’ lawyer, they would not have told him what was in his best interest. They would have told him what was in the best interest of the company. More below the fold.Continue Reading “In-House Counsel” Represents the Company, Not the Workers
A question on LawGuru about attorney malpractice in eastern Pennsylvania:
I just found out a few months ago my lawyer died. I also found out he recieved money from a claim I have with workmans comp. My workmas comp went bankrupt. and is in recievership He recieved money June 20 2003 and cashed the check
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