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Legal Malpractice
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Commercial Case Notes
Legal Malpractice Claim Fails for Lack of Damages
By John Lundin
On October 22, 2026, the First Department issued a decision in Medley Mgt. Inc. v. Lowenstein Sandler, LLP, 2026 NY Slip Op. 06202, holding that a legal malpractice clam failed…
Bressler Risk Blog
Firm Faces DQ Motion in AI Training Fight, Client Can’t Pause Conflicts-related Malpractice Suit, No Memory, No Conflict?
By Dan Bressler
“Law firm Crowell faces disqualification bid in AI lawsuit” — “A fight over attorney loyalties has erupted in a lawsuit over the use of photographs to train AI technology, threatening…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Years of Ridiculous Legal Malpractice Yields an Interim Suspension
Matter of Spiegelman 2026 NY Slip Op 06252 October 27, 2026 Appellate Division, First Department Per Curiam contains way too many specifications of wrong conduct, legal malpractice, quasi-criminal acts leads…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Speculation and Internal Dissention Doom a Legal Malpractice Case
Medley Mgt. Inc. v Lowenstein Sandler, LLP 2026 NY Slip Op 06202 October 22, 2026 Appellate Division, First Department is a complicated bankruptcy Capter 11 reorganization legal malpractice case. Although…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
How CPLR 306-b works
Sapp-Gooding v Kreindler & Kreindler, LLP 2026 NY Slip Op 06159 October 21, 2026 Appellate Division, Second Department is a legal malpractice case in which Plaintiff asked for more time…
Zalma on Insurance
Suit Must be Ripe When Filed
By Barry Zalma
A Suit Filed Before the Claim Exists is Fatal Post 4870 In Louis Briggs v. Shaun Wimberly; Somerset Services, Inc.; And Wimberly & Associates, PLLC, and Louis Briggs v. Shaun…
A Lawyer Writes
LeO bares its teeth
Solicitors’ and barristers’ representatives have expressed concern at plans to increase the fees that lawyers have to pay the legal ombudsman — known as LeO — if complaints against them…
Bressler Risk Blog
Law Firms Targeted by Russian In-person “Agents”, Malpractice Verdict for Conflicted Firm
By Dan Bressler
“Swier Law Firm ordered to pay $572,000 after malpractice trial” — “A South Dakota law firm with connections to the Mitchell area is facing a judgment of more than $572,000…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Two Lessons From a Legal Malpractice Case
Karsch v Falcon Rappaport & Berkman PLLC 2026 NY Slip Op 06006 October 15, 2026 Appellate Division, First Department teaches two lessons concerning standing and damages. "Plaintiffs are the co-executors…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Just Not Different Enough to Survive
A common inquiry in legal malpractice cases is whether a case was settled by the attorney with authority or without authority. What generally happens is that an attorney negotiates with…