The simple reality is that when a person retains the services of an attorney, there's a very good chance that they're in the midst of trying times. Indeed, they may have been served with divorce papers, charged with a criminal offense, injured in a serious car...
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Year: 2016
No wonder people hate going to the dentist
A 44-year-old Connecticut woman went to the dentist to have a missing upper incisor replaced with a fixed bridge. Without her consent, the dentist extracted her three remaining upper front teeth. Another dental patient went to have a cavity filled. While the dentist...
Not every malpractice claim succeeds: Why do some fail?
Plaintiffs in legal malpractice litigation who allege injury-causing wrongdoing on the part of a retained attorney or law firm are no more immune from wishful thinking than anybody else. That is, they might have a tendency to see their legal claim in a perspective not...
Federal judge steamed over government lawyers’ behavior
Talk about an irate judge. There's a clear takeaway for government attorneys doing business in Texas federal judge Andrew S. Hanen's court. And that is this: Don't lie. If you do, expect a bit of blowback. In late 2014, President Obama used his executive powers to bar...
Is something seriously wrong with your legal representation?
An American Bar Association educational tract provides some relevant and interesting information concerning legal representation, which we spotlight for our readers in today's post. An initial point the ABA makes stresses the reciprocal and "two-way" relationship that...
Lawyers’ alleged lack of responsiveness brings malpractice suit
Students in law schools in California and elsewhere across the country encounter very early in their studies the phrase "capable of repetition," which means precisely what it sounds like. To wit: Although a legal case or situation didn't occur here, it certainly could...
Critics: In California, many problem lawyers inadequately punished
In seeking to better protect the public against bad attorneys, it seems that the California State Bar of California has ended up doing precisely the opposite. In fact, and notwithstanding the bar's attempt to weed out and punish attorneys who have ripped clients off,...
How far — to what parties — does a lawyer’s duty extend?
In today's post, we relate for our California readers the key facts and material details of a judicial saga regarding a legal malpractice lawsuit that played out in another state. We agree with an online article's view that the ultimate holding in the case spells a...
Taken in Ponzi scheme: noted college football coach sues lawyers
OK, there's no close and immediate nexus between a California blog and the individual cited in today's post headline, other than to note that the football coach referred to is Barry Alvarez. That coach, who formerly headed the football program at the University of...
A few considerations regarding legal malpractice insurance
A consumer's biggest enemy is often himself or herself. The idea that consumers need to feel more emboldened in asserting their rights and speaking up for themselves seems to be forcefully communicated with some regularity these days by media commentators and pundits...