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Wednesday, May 31, 2017Attorney Sicari discovered that his Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance Policy (LPL) had lapsed. Unfortunately for him his discover was in 2013 when the coverage had lapsed in 2011. As luck would have it in July of 2013 he also discovered that he had a malpractice claim against him. READ MORE >>
Friday, May 26, 2017The process for allowing and recovering attorney’s fees for bad faith prosecution of a claim may differ from state to state. A recent Pennsylvania case Villani v. Seibert, is an example of just such a case. This attorney pursued a case against the defendant that was without merit. READ MORE >>
Thursday, May 25, 2017Law Firms or individual attorneys for many reasons either own or help manage other businesses that they do legal work for. While the relationship is likely mutually beneficial to the law firm and the business there are minefields that law firms and their ‘clients’ need to be aware for this common attorney malpractice insurance policy exclusion. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, May 24, 2017Words maybe an Attorneys tool of choice, but sometimes too many words are too much when it is best to answer just ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Attorney Hermesmeyer, an Assistant Public Defender, learned the hard way when US District Court Judge John McBryde, repeatedly asked for a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response to the Judge’s question. READ MORE >>
Monday, May 22, 2017Amazon’s Alexa is now capable of tracking an Attorneys Billable hours. Thomson Reuters Elite introduced the Workspace Assistant using Amazon’s Echo Family of devices. The Workplace assistant keeps track of client time and billing interfacing with Thomason Reuters Elite Workspace desktop using voice activated commands. READ MORE >>
Friday, May 19, 2017Social Media continues to get attorneys and judges in trouble. We have blogged in the past that you need to think before you Tweet, Post, or Blog. Once posted on the internet you will never get it back. READ MORE >>
Thursday, May 18, 2017Debt Collection attorneys are constantly worried about running afoul of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). According to Professional Liability Matters in Midland Funding LLC v Johnson the Supreme Court ruled that pursuing stale debt in bankruptcy court does not violate the FDCPA. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, May 17, 2017This issue comes up with frequency. Attorneys for a variety of reasons join together. In many cases they share office space, support staff, computer systems, and other equipment to spread out the costs. Some actually make themselves look like a partnership from letterhead to advertising when no partnership agreement exists. READ MORE >>
Monday, May 15, 2017Appears that the worst is over for the WannaCry Ransomware attack. As many of you know this attack has it genesis from a cyber-attack/data breach on the NSA last year that showed vulnerabilities in older versions of Microsoft’s operating systems and not up-to-date versions of Windows 10 desktop and Windows Server Systems. READ MORE >>
Friday, May 12, 2017Over a period of 5 years Nebraska Attorney Garrison via Facebook told his client to “Relax”, “Be Happy”, “This is complicated”, and “U realize we sued the wrong company right? We got the money from a company that had it. READ MORE >>
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