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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR January 2007] A Task Force of the City Bar appointed by Bettina Plevan, former City Bar President, and chaired by Thomas H. Moreland, partner in Kramer Levin, has submitted a Report of 190 pages on the...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR January 2007] Last month (NYPRR Dec. 2006), in Part I of this article, I provided detailed background for McKesson Information Solutions LLC v. Duane Morris LLP, 2006-CV-121110 [Fulton Cty., GA Superior Ct.,...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR December 2006] Click on Google or any of the other search engines and search under Find a Lawyer. You’ll find page after page of for-profit websites offering to connect you with a lawyer in your area....
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR December 2006] (This is the third of a series of articles on the condition of New York’s system for providing counsel to indigent defendants.) Constrained by the Constitutional, legislative,...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR December 2006] Like the late, great Ray Charles, I’ve got Georgia on my mind. A recent unpublished Georgia state court case, McKesson Information Solutions LLC v. Duane Morris LLP, 2006-CV-121110 (Fulton...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR December 2006] The ABA has issued a new Ethics Opinion on an issue that has apparently never been decided in New York: May a lawyer representing a client in a matter communicate with the adversary’s...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR November 2006] Writing for a unanimous court, Judge Eugene L. Nardelli has set forth the Court’s reasons for voiding a provision in a lawyer’s retainer agreement. The provision was intended to enable...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR November 2006] (This is the second of a series describing New York’s indigent defense system.) In NYPRR October 2006, we discussed the report of The Spangenberg Group (TSG), which was authorized by the...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR November 2006] The verdict is in. The Spangenberg Group, specialists in assessing indigent defense systems for many states and organizations, has submitted its report to Chief Judge Kaye’s Commission on...
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Comments Off on Dodging Trigger-Happy Legal Malpractice Plaintiffs
By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR November 2006] Many legal malpractice cases have been in the legal newspapers lately. In two high-profile cases, one in federal court and one in state court, the plaintiffs asserting malpractice lost on...
