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8 May 2018, 12:13 pm by Hayley Evans
Circuit Court’s judgment affirming Judge Tanya Chutkan’s April 19 transfer injunction in Doe v. [read post]
18 Oct 2021, 3:44 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Plaintiff’s alleged damages, as they relate to legal expenses defending the specific performance action, may be found to be proximately related to defendant’s negligent advice related to the issue of the contingency clause (see Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d at 443). [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 2:29 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 N.Y.3d 438, 442 (2007), quoting McCoy v. [read post]
4 Feb 2022, 4:40 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
The motion court applied the proper standard of care to defendants in this legal malpractice action (see Bassim v Halliday, 234 AD2d 628 [3d Dept 1996], appeal dismissed 89 NY2d 1001 [1997]; see generally Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442 [2007]). [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 4:39 am
"The Second Department of the Appellate Division recently stated in Kluczka v Lecci (63 AD3d 796 [2009]) that: "[i]n order to prevail in an action to recover damages for legal malpractice, a plaintiff must establish that the defendant attorney failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession, and that the breach of this duty proximately caused the plaintiff to sustain actual and ascertainable… [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 9:00 pm
Otherwise, the Supreme Court wrote in its 1992 case Quill Corp. v. [read post]
10 Dec 2023, 9:17 am by Eric Goldman
The court responds that: “Defendants cannot be held liable for third-party content merely because it resold third-party products and reposted third-party content,” citing the outlier decision Corker v. [read post]
10 Jan 2024, 6:32 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
“To establish causation, a plaintiff must show that he or she would have prevailed in the underlying action or would not have incurred any damages, but for the lawyer’s negligence” (Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442; see Valley Ventures, LLC v Joseph J. [read post]
13 Jan 2023, 5:55 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
To state a claim for fraudulent inducement, a plaintiff must show that the defendant’s misrepresentation or concealment induced the plaintiff to enter into the transaction and directly caused the plaintiff to suffer a loss (Meyercord v Curry, 38 AD3d 315, 316 [1st Dept 2007]). [read post]
12 Dec 2022, 3:54 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Dismissal of the legal malpractice counterclaim was warranted because defendant failed to adequately plead proximate causation (see Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 442 [2007]; Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]). [read post]
26 Apr 2018, 12:55 pm by Stephanie Zable
The Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, according to the Washington Post. [read post]
26 May 2018, 7:19 am by Rachel Bercovitz
  Grayson Clary summarized the Fourth Circuit’s May 9 decision in United States v. [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 5:04 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” To state a cause of action for legal malpractice, in addition to an attorney-clientrelationship, the complaint must set forth “the negligence of the attorney; that the negligence was the proximate cause of the loss sustained; and actual damages” (Leder v Spiegel, 31 AD3d 266 [1st Dept 2006]). [read post]
15 Mar 2021, 3:51 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
” ” Although plaintiff does not specifically allege that defendants “failed to exercise the ordinary reasonable skill and knowledge commonly possessed by a member of the legal profession” (see Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d at 442), she does allege that defendants were “negligent and [departed] from acceptable practice for attorneys engaged in the practice oflaw in the State of New York. [read post]
12 May 2018, 7:01 am by Rachel Bercovitz
Reflecting on the Supreme Court’s April 24 decision in Jesner v. [read post]
3 Mar 2021, 3:43 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Under these circumstances, the complaint states a valid legal malpractice cause of action (see Arnav Indus., Inc. [read post]
29 Nov 2021, 4:32 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
In this connection we note that, “[d]amages in a legal malpractice case are designed to make the injured client whole” (Rudolf v Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker & Sauer, 8 NY3d 438, 443 [2007] [internal quotation marks omitted]). [read post]