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20 Jun 2011, 3:42 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
    Put simply:  "Defendant's failure to inform plaintiff of the defects in title to the apartment when he learned of them was a failure "to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession," and this failure resulted in actual damages to plaintiff (see AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434 [2007]). [read post]
1 Mar 2018, 4:32 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
In particular, the clients alleged an attorney-client relationship; the firm’s failure to exercise ordinary and reasonable skill and knowledge; and damages flowing from additional costs in retaining substitute counsel to restructure the client entities so as to avoid taxes, and the cost of taxes occasioned by the improper corporate structure (see generally AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434 [2007]). [read post]
12 Feb 2019, 4:32 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
In particular, the clients alleged an attorney-client relationship; the firm’s failure to exercise ordinary and reasonable skill and knowledge; and damages flowing from additional costs in retaining substitute counsel to restructure the client entities so as to avoid taxes, and the cost of taxes occasioned by the improper corporate structure (see generally AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434 [2007]). [read post]
25 Aug 2023, 5:30 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” “An attorney may not be held liable for failing to act outside the scope of the retainer” (Genesis Merchant Partners, L.P. v Gilbride, Tusa, Last & Spellane, LLC, 157 AD3d 479, 482; see AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428). [read post]
18 Mar 2022, 5:19 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Even accepting plaintiff’s allegations as true, the complaint contains only conclusory allegations that any negligence by defendants in not raising an affirmative claim for interest in a fee dispute between plaintiff and two attorneys was the “but for” cause of plaintiff’s alleged damages (AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434 [2007]; Nomura Asset Capital Corp. v Cadwalader,… [read post]
6 Jun 2008, 10:01 am
  "Plaintiff has stated a cause of action for legal malpractice by alleging that "but for" defendant's failure to prepare and procure documents necessary to provide him with a first-priority security interest, he would have been able to recover the amounts owed to him by the defaulting borrower (see AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434 [2007]). [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 2:47 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
" However, the documentary evidence demonstrated that the plaintiff's individual liability on the notes was a matter outside of the scope of the defendants' representation of the plaintiff in her capacity as co-executor of the estate (see CPLR 3211[a][1]; AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 435; DeNatale v Santangelo, 65 AD3d 1006, 1007; Turner v Irving Finkelstein & Meirowitz, LLP, 61 AD3d… [read post]
23 Apr 2010, 3:10 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
" However, the documentary evidence demonstrated that the plaintiff's individual liability on the notes was a matter outside of the scope of the defendants' representation of the plaintiff in her capacity as co-executor of the estate (see CPLR 3211[a][1]; AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 435; DeNatale v Santangelo, 65 AD3d 1006, 1007; Turner v Irving Finkelstein & Meirowitz, LLP, 61 AD3d… [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 2:57 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
" However, the documentary evidence demonstrated that the plaintiff's individual liability on the notes was a matter outside of the scope of the defendants' representation of the plaintiff in her capacity as co-executor of the estate (see CPLR 3211[a][1]; AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 435; DeNatale v Santangelo, 65 AD3d 1006, 1007; Turner v Irving Finkelstein & Meirowitz, LLP, 61 AD3d… [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 2:10 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 435-436 [2007]; Orchard Motorcycle Distribs., Inc. v Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, LLP, 49 AD3d 292 [2008]). [read post]
18 Sep 2023, 4:41 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
 “An attorney’s conduct or inaction is the proximate cause of a plaintiff’s damages if “but for” the attorney’s negligence “the plaintiff would have succeeded on the merits of the underlying action” (AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434, 866 NE2d 1033, 834 NYS2d 705 [2007]), or would not have sustained “actual and ascertainable” damages (Dombrowski, 19 NY3d at… [read post]
7 Jul 2010, 3:28 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Summary judgment dismissing the entire legal malpractice action was correctly granted [*2]because CAIB failed to present evidence in admissible form sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact as to proximate cause, which requires a showing that Chadbourne's alleged failure to warn it of potential criminal consequences of its use of the SP Structure proximately caused reasonably ascertainable damages (see AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk &… [read post]
18 Jan 2010, 3:20 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
  "As Aaron has failed to demonstrate that these materials are in any way material and necessary to proving a claim of legal malpractice (see AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, [*3]8 NY3d 428, 434 [2007]) or to defending against PSGG's claims for counsel fees, the motion to compel must be denied (see CPLR 3101 [a]). [read post]
27 Jan 2021, 3:34 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” “Plaintiff’s factual allegations fail to establish that but for defendants’ alleged negligence in not calling the cooperative’s attorney to testify in the Supreme Court action, the attorney’s testimony would have established that the unit was validly transferred to him at a July 1995 closing (see generally Ambase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434 [2007]). [read post]
30 May 2008, 4:15 am
"In this legal malpractice action, plaintiffs cannot show that defendant Ferrante's failure to comply with a condition precedent under plaintiffs' contract was the cause of any loss (see AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 434 [2007]), since Ferrante did not prevent them from obtaining the same recovery at a later juncture. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 2:24 pm by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Leder v Spiegel, 9 NY3d 836 [2007]; Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438 [2007]; AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428 [2007]; Davis v Klein, 88 NY2d 1008 [1996]; Carmel v Lunney, 70 NY2d 169 [1987]). [read post]
23 Mar 2022, 3:28 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
“An attorney may not be held liable for failing to act outside the scope of a retainer” (Attallah v Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, 168 AD3d 1026, 1028 [2d Dept 2019]; see AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 435 [2007]). [read post]
2 Oct 2019, 4:33 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
See, AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428, 435 (2007); Keld v Giddins Claman, LLP, 170 AD3d 589, 589 (lSt Dep’t 2019) . [read post]
30 Oct 2019, 4:11 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
An attorney may not be held liable for failing to act outside the scope of a retainer (see AmBase Corp. v Davis Polk & Wardwell, 8 NY3d 428 [2007]). [read post]