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12 Nov 2023, 5:00 am by Jon Katz
My prostitution clients know I want prostitution legalized as a civil liberties freedom of choice matter. [read post]
4 Mar 2024, 3:22 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” “ “In an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must demonstrate that the attorney failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession and that the attorney’s breach of this duty proximately caused the plaintiff to sustain actual and ascertainable damages” (Bua v Purcell & Ingrao, P.C., 99 AD3d 843, 845 [2012]; see Marinelli v Sullivan… [read post]
19 Nov 2020, 6:47 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Bernstein v Oppenheim & Co., P.C., 160 AD2d 428, 430 [1st Dept 1990]) (“A claim for legal malpractice is viable, despite settlement of the underlying action, if it is alleged that settlement of the action was effectively compelled by the mistakes of counsel. [read post]
26 Feb 2019, 4:23 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Here, contrary to the defendants’ contention, the complaint sufficiently pleaded a cause of action to recover damages for legal malpractice (see Garcia v Polsky, Shouldice & Rosen, P.C., 161 AD3d at 830; Hershco v Gordon & Gordon, 155 AD3d 1007, 1009). [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 4:27 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
The sixth cause of action is brought against defendant Barry Malin & Associates, P.C. [read post]
8 Nov 2021, 4:22 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
  In Goodman v Weiss, Zarett, Brofman, Sonnenklar & Levy, P.C. [read post]
26 Jan 2017, 8:22 pm by Kate Howard
Issues: (1) Whether a finding of actual wrongdoing is a legal prerequisite to an investor pleading loss causation based on the announcement of a government investigation into the defendant’s fraudulent practices; and (2) whether an investor who invokes a fraud-on-the-market presumption of reliance is barred from pleading loss causation based on a corrective disclosure that analyzes information already in the public domain but not widely known to the market. [read post]
24 Apr 2023, 4:30 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” “On July 3, 2019, the plaintiff commenced this action against the defendants, the Law Firm of Jonathan D’Agostino, P.C. [read post]
6 Apr 2020, 5:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
Preliminary Objections by a NY defendant firm contesting jurisdiction in a legal malpractice case were denied in the matter of Rock v. [read post]
Harry & Associates, P.C. and want to give you a safe, confidential opportunity to exercise your legal rights as a criminal defendant in the greater Chicago area. [read post]
Harry & Associates, P.C. and want to give you a safe, confidential opportunity to exercise your legal rights as a criminal defendant in the greater Chicago area. [read post]
16 Jul 2012, 3:26 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
An attorney generally is not permitted to shift to the client the legal responsibility that the attorney was hired to undertake because of his or her superior knowledge (see Northrop v Thorsen, 46 AD3d 780, 783). [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 3:05 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
  " The Supreme Court properly granted the defendants' separate motions pursuant to CPLR 3211(a) to dismiss the complaint. [read post]
26 Jan 2024, 1:13 pm by Frei, Mims and Perushek, LLP
Maxfield, Matt joined McGavin, Boyce, Bardot, Thorsen & Katz, P.C., where he spent 10 years defending personal injury and other civil claims, as well as defending administrative matters before Virginia and DC professional licensing boards. [read post]
24 May 2011, 2:36 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Client sues attorneys for legal malpractice, and attorneys counterclaim against client for "contribution and indemnity. [read post]