A patent attorney who was accused by Force MOS Technology Co. Ltd. of causing his client’s patents to expire by neglecting maintenance fees has managed to dispense with some claims. The claims dismissed were deemed to be duplicative of the legal malpractice allegation lodged by the company. US Magistrate Judge Susan Van Keulen of the…
A legal malpractice suit that previously secured a $1.1 million jury verdict in favor of a lawyer’s client, has been overturned by a federal judge in Massachusetts. Despite acknowledging the seemingly counterintuitive outcome, Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV affirmed his duty to adhere to the parameters set by the policy and Massachusetts law. The…
An Illinois resident has filed a complaint in the Cook County Circuit Court, seeking a $500,000 judgment against his former attorney for alleged failure to effectively represent him in a dispute with cab companies. The exact details of the case remain unclear as the full text of the complaint is inaccessible. You can read the…
The bankruptcy trustee of an unnamed tax software company has filed a legal malpractice complaint, vigorously alleging that the company’s former attorneys mishandled a trade secrets case. The defendant in the original case was reportedly rival firm Avalara Inc. The gist of the malpractice accusation hinges on the attorneys’ evident failure to inform their client…
In January 2020, plaintiff Sean Dailey filed a complaint against his former attorney Sam L. Amirante and his law firm, Sam L. Amirante & Associates, P.C., alleging legal malpractice, among other allegations. Dailey’s petition led to a trial court trial which culminated on July 23, 2021, with the court granting a motion to dismiss the…
A veteran criminal defense attorney is coming under fire in a legal malpractice suit initiated by the Texas Fair Defense Project (TFDP), a nonprofit organization aiming to protect indigent defendants. The suit pertains to the case of Michael Carter, a man who lost everything while incarcerated for over three years on a subsequently dismissed driving…
In a recent case that has sent ripples across the legal fraternity, U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe of the Southern District of New York sentenced an attorney to four years in prison for filing fake lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act, terming it a severe abuse of the justice system. This decision significantly underscores…