Under Florida law, the three elements of a legal malpractice action are generally described
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If a lawyer improperly writes himself into his client’s will, is the bequest automatically void as a matter of law?
At the heart of this case is Florida Bar ethics Rule
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Florida Supreme Court sanctions lawyers engaged in toxic e-mail feud
The histrionics we see on television are almost never allowed in a
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New ethics advisory opinion 10-3: when should lawyers voluntarily disclose client information to personal representatives and heirs
As a practicing lawyer, one of the best risk-management tools available to
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Ethics violation = undue influence = attorney and paralegal forfeit $7.2 million bequest
According to newspaper accounts this will contest revolved around allegations of undue
Continue Reading Ethics violation = undue influence = attorney and paralegal forfeit $7.2 million bequestUS 11th Cir: Does a disinherited heir have standing to sue for estate planning malpractice?
California appellate court weighs in on the limits of estate planning malpractice liability
Here’s one of those facts of life most probate lawyers learn early
3d DCA lectures probate litigator on ethics
Hernandez v. Gil, — So.2d —-, 2008 WL 5156623 (Fla. 3d
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Jury rejects $17M legal estate-planning malpractice claim against Orrick
I previously wrote about this case from the perspective of how conflicts
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Trial begins in multimillion dollar estate-planning malpractice claim against Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
As a matter of law, an ethics violation isn’t the same as
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