Ogletree Deakins hit with malpractice verdict; punitive damages phase begins
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In January of this year, Johnny Depp sued his former management company, claiming employees of the Management Group raked in tens of millions of dollars while not only failing to provide the most basic services but also mismanaging his finances to boot. This week, Depp took aim at his former legal counsel, claiming attorneys at […]
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A letter to a lawyer that directed him to refer it to his professional liability insurance carrier gave the lawyer “a basis to reasonably expect a claim” and his failure to inform his insurer of the letter doomed his bid for coverage under his claims-made professional liability insurance policy of the malpractice action that subsequently […]
The long understood rule of law in Florida is that a cause of action for legal malpractice accrues in the litigation context when the litigation is concluded by a final judgment, and the final judgment becomes final when the time for an appeal has expired, or if an appeal was taken, when the appeal is […]
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After a mentally ill man shot her husband to death outside his Kentucky law office in 2014, attorney Bethany Stanziano took over as lead… ABA Journal Daily News