Providing The Skilled, Assertive Advocacy You Deserve
In part 1 of this post, we introduced readers to RevoLaze LLC v. Dentons US LLP, a recent Ohio case in which a jury awarded a client more than $32 million in compensatory damages for losses related to their law firm’s failure to disclose a major conflict of interest....
A lawyer has an unflinching duty of loyalty to their clients. That duty only has teeth when the attorney’s allegiance is not torn between two or more clients with adverse interests. In that situation, legal counsel cannot advocate freely and without reserve for one of...
When parties anticipate a friendly commercial deal or business transaction, they may consider retaining the same attorney or law firm to handle all the associated legal work rather than each of them hiring their own counsel. Joint representation sounds efficient and...
Under the umbrella of legal malpractice are two kinds of claims against a lawyer: breach of the duty of care and breach of fiduciary duty. Each duty involves a different professional aspect of the attorney-client relationship. Broadly, the duty of care concerns...
Award-winning hip-hop trio Migos has dismissed its legal malpractice lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court in which it alleged that their attorney had represented them in negotiations and deals for years while maintaining a serious conflict of interest, depriving them...