Legal Malpractice

Below is a fact pattern involving a litigant's legal malpractice lawsuit filed in a state other than California. We pass along the key details involving the matter because we believe them to be materially and broadly relevant to any malpractice blog. Any California...

One panel member at a recent American Bar Association conference noted to an attorney audience that, "How you treat your client will influence how your client treats you when things go wrong." Isn't that so patently obvious as to be a truism? And yet, it seems that...

Imagine how devastating the following scenario -- which plays out with some regularity -- can be for a would-be litigant with a valid legal claim and a strong case for a damage recovery. And say that litigant is you. You have suffered a personal injury that is closely...

One core tenet of American law stresses its fundamental fairness, which, given the highly unequal powers and resources that two parties can bring to a judicial dispute, is a flat-out imperative to help obtain an equitable legal outcome. As one federal claim recently...

In a recent media article chronicling a case of never-really-happened sexual misconduct involving movie executives and young boys, a law school professor notes the subsequently withdrawn litigation filed by a plaintiff's attorneys and terms the incident "a cautionary...

Any person in California or elsewhere who retains an attorney for representation in a legal matter has a clear and compelling expectation that his or her lawyer will render counsel that is not undermined in any manner by a conflict of interest. Indeed, a conflict...

An online media primer on client-lawyer interaction states at the very outset that any person who retains legal counsel might be pondering afterwards "what to expect with regards to lawyer communication, competence, ethics, and fees." Do you really think so?...

Uh, what exactly were we getting from you? In a recent legal matter involving Playboy Enterprises Inc., the adult entertainment company and business empire has expressed ire with a law firm that represented it in a multi-million-dollar matter. When the case details...

Many people contemplating conflict-of-interest scenarios involving California clients and their attorneys often focus upon a few core considerations. Here's a classic conflict situation that often plays out in reality many times a year in California and elsewhere...

We have spoken before in this blog about statutes of limitations, and how an incompetent attorney can torpedo your legitimate claim by failing to file your lawsuit in time. In today’s post, we will discuss when the clock starts ticking on most personal injury...