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Tuesday, November 7, 2017According the Illinois ARDC in 2016 of the 13,500 solo attorneys practicing law 41% of them did not carry attorney malpractice Insurance. Except for a handful of states attorney malpractice insurance is not required. So as shocking as the ARDC Illinois number is to the general public, this is not a surprising number. READ MORE >>
Thursday, September 28, 2017Georgia Attorney Sandra Finch represented her client in a fire damage claim against Allstate Insurance. Attorney Finch was accused of obtaining without permission photographs of a Steamatic guide that was stored in Mark Gould’s office while Attorney Finch was waiting to depose Gould. READ MORE >>
Monday, September 25, 2017New York’s ethics board’s opinion follows New Jersey, Ohio, South Carolina and Pennsylvania in stating that Avvo and LegalZoom along with other such online legal service providers violate New York’s rules of professional conduct. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, September 19, 2017According to a recent ABA article, Lawyers who travel outside country may be asked to show the contents of their phone or laptop to a customs agent. A customs agent may not need probable cause so the 4th Amendment will not protect an attorney from searches at the border. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, August 29, 2017Attorney malpractice claims coming from poor billing practices continue to be one of the highest frequency claim causes. Whether the client was upset with the service, did not have the money, poor communication or just mad at the world, claims resulting from attorney fee issues are not slowing down. READ MORE >>
Monday, August 14, 2017Ohio Criminal Defense Attorney Matthew King in June of 2016 was convicted of money laundering for a person he believed to be a ‘cocaine dealer’. Unfortunately for King the ‘cocaine dealer’ was actually a confidential informant for the Norther Ohio Law Enforcement Task Force. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, August 9, 2017Eric Conn duped the Social Security system out of over $500 Million. In the process ruined thousands of lives. In absentia, US District Judge Danny C Reeves sentenced Conn to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay a $170 Million in restitution. As many of you know on June 2nd he cut off his ankle bracket in Kentucky and disappeared. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, August 2, 2017According to a recent article on Law.Com about the National Cannabis Bar Associations’ first Cannabis Law Institute which had 150 lawyers in attendance, an IRS Lawyer told the gathering that the IRS is not targeting Cannabis lawyers or businesses. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, August 1, 2017The continued rise in substance abuse with lawyers and judges gets to be a larger problem. A 2016 Hazelden Betty Ford study reported that 20.6 percent of the lawyers and judges surveyed reported problematic alcohol use. READ MORE >>
Friday, July 28, 2017Having failed the bar exam multiple times Mark Tetzlaff has sued the Illinois State Bar(State Bar) over not being able to take the Bar Exam in an open book format. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) complaint filed against the State Bar, Tetzlaff, an alcoholic, suffers from memory loss and depression. READ MORE >>
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