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Wednesday, November 29, 2017The ABA Journal recently reported in Holtzman vs Turza, that Illinois CPA Ira Holtzman brought a class action suit against Illinois attorney Gregory P Turza for violating the Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (FTCPA) almost a decade ago. 8,430 unsolicited faxes were sent to accountants without an ‘opt-out’ provision. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Normally when someone sues naming every business or government agency with a relationship to a property owner the case gets kicked as a nuisance case. But the rules change when the landowner being sued is a Colorado marijuana grower by the adjacent land owner in Federal Court under the RICO Act (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. READ MORE >>
Monday, November 13, 2017A law firm decided to notify everyone that it was moving by e-mail. Normally this is an everyday occurrence, unless the sender decides to create a distribution list with a few hundred of its closes friends putting the distribution list in the ‘cc’ e-mail address line and not the ‘bbc’ e-mail address line. READ MORE >>
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 >>
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