State Legislature Enters the Unfamiliar Realm of Regulating Legal Practice and Passes Laws Prohibiting Assignability of Legal Malpractice Claims
4/18/13
By: Dana Maine and William Ezzell
Following last month’s unanimous opinion from the Georgia Supreme Court that legal malpractice claims were not per se unassignable, the State Bar of Georgia successfully implemented a counterstrike aimed at barring the assignment of …
Engagement Letters for Professional Services – A Valuable Tool That May Come with a Price
1/11/13
By: Seth Kirby
In 2009, the Georgia Court of Appeals confirmed with resounding clarity that all professional malpractice claims sounding in contract were governed by a four-year statute of limitations. All was right with the world. Professionals and their insurers …
U.S. Supreme Court Granted Cert to Address Question of Federal Jurisdiction in Legal Malpractice Case
10/12/12
By: Dana Maine
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert in a case out of the Supreme Court of Texas, Minton v. Gunn, et al., 80 USLW 353547, 81 USLW 3028 (U.S. Oct. 5, 2012) (No. 11-1118).
The …
Law Firm Risk Management – Internal Review and Insurance Reporting Obligations
8/29/12
By: Seth Kirby
While the practice of law is a profession, managing a law practice is definitely a business. In addition to their primary responsibility of representing their clients, attorneys must actively manage their office. Depending upon the size of …