Los Angeles Professional Malpractice Law Blog

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 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...

Many residents in Los Angeles County and elsewhere across California might reasonably lack much knowledge regarding the legal canons and standards that govern the practice of law in the state. After all, when a person needs a lawyer, he or she is most concerned with...

Any lawyer who believes that his or her rights are paramount to those of a client who is being legally represented is flatly in the wrong business. And likely to get in a fair amount of trouble. The legal publication California Lawyer recently published a set of...