The Court of Appeals of California has reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a legal malpractice action on the basis that an implied attorney-client relationship existed. In Connelly v Hayashi, a physician who invented a protein enriched sports drink sought investors to form a new business venture to develop and…
The Supreme Court of New Mexico has ruled that an attorney and his law firm are disqualified from representing a client because of a conflict of interest. In Roy D. Mercer, LLC v. Hon. Matthew G. Reynolds, a landowner hired a law firm to defend it in a case brought…
A Michigan appellate court has affirmed a summary judgment in favor of an attorney in a legal malpractice action. In Frasco, Caponigro, Wineman, & Scheible, PLLC v. IGC Management, Inc., a sub-contractor hired an attorney to recover funds from a general contractor. The general contractor later filed for bankruptcy, and…
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a summary judgment declaring that an insurance company did not have to provide coverage for a legal malpractice claim brought against a law firm. In Koransky, Bouwer & Poracky v. Bar Plan Mut. Ins., an Indiana law firm represented a potential buyer…
The Supreme Court of Tennessee has vacated the conviction of an attorney for criminal contempt. In State of Tennessee v. Beeler, two attorneys separately represented a husband and a wife in criminal proceedings. The husband’s attorney was cross-examining the defendants’ minor daughter at a suppression hearing in the case. During…