Legal malpractice is the term for negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, or breach of contract by a lawyer during the provision of legal services that...
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medical specialty would provide under the circumstances. lawyers: a legal malpractice claim may be brought against a lawyer who fails to render services...
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Medical malpractice is a legal cause of action that occurs when a medical or health care professional, through a negligent act or omission, deviates from...
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St. Mary's University School of Law (redirect from St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics)
Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics addresses legal malpractice and ethics issues that impact the daily work of legal practitioners. The St. Mary's...
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Undue influence (category Legal doctrines and principles)
years. Legal malpractice in trusts and estates is now considered to have the highest risk of exposure, representing 12% of all legal malpractice claims...
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Paralegal (redirect from Legal assistant)
is typically no legal liability on the part of the paralegal service and that such institutions cannot be sued for legal malpractice. Again, the philosophy...
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Professional liability insurance (redirect from Malpractice insurance)
is called medical malpractice and the insuring contract is called malpractice insurance. The negligent act is called legal malpractice and the insuring...
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Assignment (law) (category Legal terminology)
between the parties to the contract. For example, the assignment of a legal malpractice claim is void since an assignee would be a stranger to the attorney-client...
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Kangaroo court (category Abuse of the legal system)
legitimate judicial authority, but which intentionally disregards the court's legal or ethical obligations (compare show trial). A kangaroo court could also...
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Medical malpractice is professional negligence by act or omission by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard...
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Times (October 20, 2016). Brendan O'Flaherty & Rajiv Sethi, Witness Intimidation, Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 39, No. 2 (June 2010), pp. 399-432....
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Attorney misconduct (category Legal ethics)
protected discovery documents defying a judge's protective order. Legal malpractice is a separate concept such as when an attorney fails to adequately...
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bandmates Patrick Wilson and Brian Bell with breach of fiduciary duty, legal malpractice, dissolution of partnership, and declaratory relief. The lawsuit was...
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R. Stanton Wettick Jr. (section Legal career)
legal malpractice case against local law firm for $4 million". Pennsylvania Record. Retrieved 2024-09-02. Campisi, Jon. "Judge overseeing FJD's legal...
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multimillion-dollar judgment awarded to Day in her suit against him for legal malpractice and upheld the conclusions of a trial court and an appeals court that...
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24, 2017). "Judge gives go-ahead to 'RHONJ' star Teresa Giudice's legal malpractice lawsuit". NJ.com. Retrieved April 20, 2017. Vulpo, Mike (June 15,...
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extra-contractual liability, complex litigation, insurance coverage and fraud, legal malpractice and professional liability, product liability defense, trucking and...
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setbacks, Viner and Raffin sold Dove in 1997, and later obtained a large legal malpractice judgment against their own lawyers relating to this transaction, but...
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especially vulnerable due to the nature of a circumstance (e.g. medical or legal malpractice). The BGB makes specific provisions for several different categories...
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million to settle legal malpractice claims stemming from its representation of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association. Such legal work was profiled...
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Finality (law) (redirect from Legal finality)
of a crime may not sue their defence attorney for incompetence or legal malpractice if the civil lawsuit would call into question the finality of the...
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December 17, 2020. "Sister of Philadelphia Phillies owner alleges legal malpractice against firm which represented her in family inheritance battle"....
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Boston Legal is an American legal drama-comedy (dramedy) created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television...
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except in the case of liability for acts of professional negligence or malpractice. In some states, LLPs may only be formed for purposes of practicing a...
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did not appear or respond to the 20-day summons and complaint for a legal malpractice case. There was no appeal. Jennifer is still waiting for payment from...
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Outline of tort law (category Outlines of laws and legal topics)
causing harm to the claimant. Common varieties include medical malpractice and legal malpractice Negligence per se – Conduct which by its very nature gives...
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subsequently sued the law firm, alleging that partner Jeffrey Berg committed legal malpractice by vouching for Gaurav Srivastava, an Indian businessman who claimed...
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A legal guardian is a person who has been appointed by a court or otherwise has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to make decisions relevant...
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full-service attorneys handle all aspects of a case and can be liable for legal malpractice should they be negligent in their representation of clients. Critics...
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deceit. BakerHostetler is now subject to a lawsuit accusing them of legal malpractice in vouching for Srivastava and for endorsing his false pedigree, and...
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