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Caveat Emptor – Corporate Clients Need to Beware, Too
A corporate client filed a legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit on August 27, 2012 against the law firm and attorneys representing it in several securities class action litigations. The lawsuit includes allegations that the firm and attorneys … Continue reading
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Tagged Attorneys, Awareness, Caveat Emptor, Clients, Fee Disputes, Litigation, Over Billing
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Legal Consumer Tip #3 . . . Attorney Tip #1 – Attitude Matters
“Her ingratitude is unbelievable.” So says a matrimonial attorney, reportedly in practice for more than 50 years, in response to a client’s legal malpractice lawsuit. The lawsuit includes allegations that the attorney was in cahoots with her husband and reduced … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Attorneys, Client-Side Manner, Clients, Legal Practices, Work Ethic
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Legal Consumer Tip #2 – Justice is Not Always Just
Imagine a case in which person A sues person B, and the case is tried before a judge. The judge takes all of the evidence under consideration and objectively supports his/her ruling with accurate factual findings based on the evidence … Continue reading
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Tagged Attorneys, Clients, Credibility, Evidence, Judges, Justice, Lawyers, Legal Consumer, Legal Reform, Legal System, Litigation
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Caveat Emptor – Legal Buyer Beware
In December 2011, Debra Cassens Weiss posted an article on the ABA Journal website titled Suit by Fired Lawyer Claims Law Firm Encouraged Fraud with 3000-Hour Billable Quota. The article reported on a California lawyer’s employment bias law suit alleging he … Continue reading
It’s 2012, Do You Know If The Attorney You Are Choosing Has A Disciplinary History?
In the long-running saga of Lindsay Lohan’s legal troubles, every single misstep — each dirty drug test, every missed court appearance, even a profane message etched on her fingernail — was publicized, scrutinized and dissected in tabloids the world over. … Continue reading
Legal Consumer Tip #1 – Take Notes
Dear legal consumers, We ran across a very interesting blog post by Eric Cooperstein, a Minnesota lawyer who defends attorneys facing ethics complaints and fee disputes. On Lawyerist.com: (law-yer-ist) n. The lawyering survival guide, Mr. Cooperstein posted Avoid Ethics Complaints by … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Attorneys, Clients, Fee Disputes, Lawyers, Legal Consumer, Legal Ethics, Taking Notes
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Why Do So Many Lawyers False Bill?
Perhaps many lawyers false bill because they can get away with it. Padding billable time, for example, has become so common that many lawyers don’t even consider it improper. Dan Ariely, the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral … Continue reading
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Tagged Attorneys, Clients, Conflict of Interest, False Billing, Lawyers, Legal Consumer, Leverage, Resource, Second Opinion
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Billing Fraud: Past, Present . . . and Future?
Now that LPR has been established, we are receiving information from interested people about issues legal consumers face. One such person sent us a link to an article published in 1999, written by Catholic University law professor Lisa Lerman, titled Blue-Chip … Continue reading
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Tagged Attorneys, Billing Fraud, Clients, False Billing, Fraudulent Billing, Lawyers, Legal Consumer, Over Billing
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Up and Running
Dear legal consumers, We have been very busy behind the scenes getting set up, helping clients, and working on the platform for The Legal Reformer. Going forward, each week we will be posting about current events and news affecting legal … Continue reading
Posted in Launch
Tagged Awareness, Books, Change, Clients, Legal Consumer, Legal Practices, Legal Reform, News, Water Cooler
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