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Cybersecurity, Wire Fraud, and Attorney Liability: The Growing Risk Landscape

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Wire transfer fraud is on the rise, and attorneys are increasingly becoming prime targets for cybercriminals. With billions lost annually to fraudulent transactions, legal professionals who fail to implement robust...more

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Due to scrivener negligence, the dispositive provisions of a trust fail to reflect the deceased settlor’s wishes: Can it be that...

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Assume the deceased settlor of a trust had intended that his niece be included in the beneficiary class, but his estate-planning attorney had negligently made no provision for her in the governing instrument. After settlor’s...more

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A Defense Win in Texas on the Issue of "But For" Proximate Causation in a Legal Malpractice Case

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Forshee v. Moulton, 2024 Tex. App. LEXIS 2520 (Houston [14th Dist.] April 11, 2024) - Brief Summary - The Texas Court of Appeals held that when a plaintiff's claim against her former attorney properly is grounded in...more

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An Outlier No More?: New Jersey Supreme Court Considers Overturning “New Business Rule”

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On April 26, 2022 the Supreme Court of New Jersey heard arguments about whether New Jersey should retain the judicially created “new business rule”. Since 1936 the rule has held that in the context of calculating damages...more

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Legal Malpractice Lawsuit Not Covered Where Insured Knew or Reasonably Should Have Known Pre-Inception of Conduct that Might Be...

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, applying North Dakota law, has held that a lawyers professional liability policy did not provide coverage for a legal malpractice lawsuit where the insured knew or...more

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Illinois Claim for Aiding and Abetting Client's Breach of Fiduciary Duty Time-Barred

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Brief Summary - The plaintiff, a shareholder of limited liability company (LLC), filed an action against a law firm and one of its lawyers, alleging they aided and abetted other shareholders in breaching their fiduciary...more

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