Balducci v Cige had plaintiff Balducci sign a fee agreement that allowed Attorney Cige to collect the greater of his hourly rate plus expenses or a portion of the settlement in the underlying discrimination case. The Trial Court felt that Attorney Cige did not...
Too often law firms are so focused on the legal malpractice insurance exposures they neglect to protect the assets needed for running the law practice. The following check list is just a start to get the firm thinking about the other exposures that may or may...
‘Attorney Malpractice—Paid ‘Marketing Fees’ Violate New Jersey Lawyer Professional Conduct Rules’ have pointed out the patchwork by state of this ethics issue.In the article written in ‘The Law For Lawyers Today’, By Karen...
you need to purchase cyber insurance. The following is the the text of that article.A federal court in Florida recently adopted the now well-developed consensus that data breach losses are not covered under standard Commercial General Liability (CGL) policies....
Approximately twenty-five percent of legal malpractice claims result from calendaring issues. The claims can range from failure to know a deadline, failure to timely file, failure to record in a calendar or failure to respond to a calendar reminder. Law...
