Yearly Archives: 2019

Slipping

Slipping and Falling into Discipline: New York Attorney Suspended from Practicing Law

A New York attorney was recently suspended from practicing law for two years after neglecting to follow up on a personal injury case. Slipping In April of 2012, the attorney was retained in a personal injury action resulting from a slip and fall accident. Although he commenced the action in May of 2013 and participated in a pre-trial conference in July of 2015, after which the matter was certified ready for trial, the attorney ...
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Confidential

Forwarding Fail: Forfeiting Legal Fees for Emailing Confidential Client Information?

The Idaho Supreme Court recently held, in Parkinson v. Bevis, that a client may sue her attorney for breach of a fiduciary duty arising out of the attorney-client relationship, just as any other principal may sue her agent who owes her a fiduciary duty, and seek fee disgorgement as a remedy. Confidential
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