Alerts

August 28, 2008	Paralegal Expenses Are “Fees” Not “Costs” and Shall Be Recovered By Litigants at Prevailing Market Rates
August 26, 2008	Utah Lawyers May Ghostwrite for Pro Se Litigants
August 21, 2008	Second Circuit Amends Controversial Fee Award Ruling
August 20, 2008	California Employment Alert
August 19, 2008	Limitations Period for Fee Collection Begins When Attorney—Client Relationship Ends
August 14, 2008	Lawyer May Have Civil Liability for Not Blowing Whistle
August 14, 2008	CMS Publishes Final 2009 IPPS With Significant Stark Law Changes
August 12, 2008	Attorney Has No General Duty to Disclose Client’s Intent to File for Bankruptcy
August 7, 2008	Law Firm Sanctioned for Baseless Counterclaim
August 5, 2008	Attorney Sanctioned for Disobeying a Protective Order and Related Wrongdoing
July 31, 2008	Court Cuts Firm's Rate for Travel Time
July 29, 2008	Minnesota Court Holds That Ethical Rules of the State Where a Bank is Located Govern Charges of a Multistate Lawyer’s Misuse of Trust Accounts While Forum Rules Govern Alleged Lies to and Non-Cooperation With the State Bar
July 24, 2008	Proximate/Substantial Cause is the New York Standard for Attorney Malpractice
July 22, 2008	Joint Commission Reminds Hospitals to Implement Code of Conduct by January 1, 2009
July 22, 2008	Insurer Can Sue Insured’s Attorney for Malpractice
July 17, 2008	Out-of-State Lawyers Can Represent Clients in New York Arbitrations
July 15, 2008	Lawyer Not Required to Disclose Dissatisfied Client to Insurer
July 10, 2008	OIG Says Health Care System May Issue $10 Gift Cards to Patients for Service Shortfalls
July 10, 2008	Evidence of Divorce Settlement Held Inadmissible to Prove Damages in Legal Malpractice Suit Based on Drafting of Prenuptial Agreement
July 8, 2008	Law Firm Slapped in Suit for Stealing a Client