In Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP v 3 W. 16th St., LLC 2024 NY Slip Op 33084(U) September 3, 2024 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 654238/2021 Judge: Lyle E. Frank, neither the attorney claiming an account
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Wage and Hour Case Lost Who is Responsible?
Xiuwen Qi v Hang & Assoc., PLLC 2024 NY Slip Op 33089(U) September 3, 2024 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 151821/2023 Judge: Mary V. Rosado is a legal malpractice case arising from a wage and hour…
Fraud on the Court, Spoliation and A Lost Memory
Jingyi Ni v Shenlaw, LLC 2024 NY Slip Op 51148(U) Decided on August 1, 2024 Supreme Court, New York County Lebovits, J. is a fascinating case. To start it is not really a legal malpractice case, and might have been…
Law Firms Love Arbitration
Law firms frequently insert arbitration clauses into their retainer agreements, and require arbitration of all claims concerning potential malpractice. In an unusual setting, the clients sue their attorneys for failing to tell them to basically do the same thing,
One Side Gets a Second Chance, But Still No Summary Judgment
Reem Contr. v Altschul & Altschul 2024 NY Slip Op 32915(U) August 19, 2024 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 104202/2011 Judge: David B. Cohen presents the interesting question of whether a party may make a second…
Legal Malpractice As A Last Resort
Csutkai v Baisley 2024 NY Slip Op 32884(U) August 15, 2024 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 151083/2020 Judge: Debra A. James is an odd example of blaming the attorney where the attorney never agreed to take…
Subsequent Cases Do Not Always Make New Law
In Jobar Holding Corp. v Halio 2024 NY Slip Op 32650(U) July 10, 2024 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 655689/2017 Judge: Joel M. Cohen, plaintiff attempted to use a subsequent case decision to revive a dismissed…
Real Estate and Legal Malpractice on Madison Avenue
Slifka v Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP 2024 NY Slip Op 32788(U) August 9, 2024 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: Index No. 155742/2023 Judge: Melissa A. Crane is yet another in the vast universe of legal…
Dismissal Reversed After No Arbitration
Villaver v Paglinawan 2024 NY Slip Op 04159 Decided on August 7, 2024Appellate Division, Second Department concerns a situation where plaintiffs sued defendants who moved to dismiss based upon an arbitration clause. The arbitration was closed when Plaintiff said he…
Accountants Win Dismissal of Case
Gordon v Vladislav Tsirkin CPA & Co., LLC 2024 NY Slip Op 03682 Decided on July 3, 2024 Appellate Division, Second Department is one of those appellate cases where the Court basically did not like the complaint. The decision uses…