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Nov 18, 2024 | 
law.com | Alesia S. Sulock |Josh J.T. Byrne
Who Got The Work Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Alesia S. Sulock
N.W.M. through J.M. v. Langenbach, --- A.3d --- (Pa. 2024), 2024 WL 2788173 (Pa. May 31, 2024)The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a guardian ad litem (GAL), an attorney appointed to represent the legal interests and the best interests of a minor child in a legal proceeding, is not entitled to quasi-judicial immunity from legal malpractice suits.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
law.com | Alesia S. Sulock |Josh J.T. Byrne
Social media—we love it, we hate it, we can’t get away from it. It can be a minefield, filled with dangers and risks and opportunities to create problems. However, it cannot be avoided in the ethical practice of law. When we think about social media and the practice of law, we often think about the problems attorneys and clients create for themselves by using social media in irresponsible ways.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
law.com | Alesia S. Sulock |Josh J.T. Byrne
Legal malpractice actions often arise out of a client’s belief that they were not adequately compensated in an underlying matter, and a belief that but for the actions of their attorney the client would have received something more. While many practitioners in Pennsylvania are aware of the Muhammad Doctrine that generally precludes clients from suing after settlement, legal malpractice complaints will often assert that a better settlement could have been achieved, but for the attorney’s conduct.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
marshalldennehey.com | Alesia S. Sulock
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a guardian ad litem (GAL), an attorney appointed to represent the legal interests and the best interests of a minor child in a legal proceeding, is not entitled to quasi-judicial immunity from legal malpractice suits. The trial court had dismissed a legal malpractice claim against a GAL arising from the GAL’s alleged failure to provide competent representation to an infant child in a dependency matter.
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May 15, 2024 | 
law.com | Alesia S. Sulock |Josh J.T. Byrne
On the heels of “Well-Being in the Law Week,” a refresher on the importance of attorney well-being as a matter of professional competence is appropriate. While we routinely understand competence to include expertise in the field of law pertaining to a particular matter, the concept is so much more.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Marci Krufka Taylor |Lawrence J. Kotler |Elisa Hyder |Alesia S. Sulock
On March 5, President Joe Biden launched the strike force on unfair and illegal pricing (strike force) for the purpose of implementing policies in his July 9, 2021, “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.” The strike force on unfair and illegal pricing is co-chaired by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with the goal to “strengthen interagency efforts to root out and stop illegal corporate behavior that hikes prices on American...
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
law.com | Alesia S. Sulock |Josh J.T. Byrne
Law firm breakups are consistently fodder for articles about the salacious details of alleged attorney misconduct. Attorneys who determine they can no longer work together will often take the additional step of accusing one another of inappropriate conduct. More often than not, we hear about attorneys taking law firm files in the dead of night, or allegations that compensation was at least improperly, if not fraudulently determined.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Alesia S. Sulock
Outerlimits Technologies, LLC v. Cozen O’Connor, No. 169 EDA 2023, 2023 WL 8524299, unpublished (Pa. Super. Dec. 8, 2023)The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed a trial court ruling dismissing a legal malpractice breach of contract claim as barred by the gist of the action doctrine. The plaintiff sued a law firm for breach of contract, acknowledging that the parties did not have a written fee agreement, but alleging the law firm failed to follow the client’s specific oral instructions.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Alesia S. Sulock
One of the most important things for an attorney to understand when faced with a disciplinary proceeding is that the disciplinary process is not civil litigation. An attorney who understands the differences between a disciplinary matter and litigation is likely to have a far easier time navigating the disciplinary system than one who lacks that knowledge. First, the disciplinary process proceeds differently than litigation.
