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		<title>Delaware High Court Rescues Insurance Agency&#8217;s Malpractice Suit Against Law Firm</title>
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					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Six months after a three-judge panel of the Delaware Supreme Court said an insurance agency deserved another shot at proving its claims of professional negligence against a law firm, the full state high court has agreed. On October 8, the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insurers Say Legal Malpractice Claims Hold Steady But Defense Costs Rise</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Most leading legal malpractice insurers saw their claims level off in 2016 although their cost to defend claims continued to escalate. A study by insurance broker Ames &#38; Gough finds that while the number of new malpractice claims brought against &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iowa Court Ruling Makes Defense Attorney Malpractice Suits Easier</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2016 17:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a man who pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for sex but later had the conviction overturned can sue his defense attorney for legal malpractice without being required to prove he&#8217;s innocent. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>South Carolina Establishes New Precedent for Legal Malpractice Cases</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2015/11/08/387904.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy O'Connor]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 04:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The South Carolina Supreme Court has reversed a decade old precedent-setting decision in which it dismissed a legal malpractice case based on the expiration of the statute of limitations and in doing so adopted a new rule for which the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Real Estate Matters Top List of Legal Malpractice Claims: Survey</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/09/17/263297.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[For the first time since the American Bar Association began conducting surveys of legal malpractice insurance claims beginning in 1985, insurers reported a higher percentage of claims involving real estate than any other area of law. Real estate, personal injury-plaintiff &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dewey &#038; LeBoeuf Seeks $104 Million From Ex-Partners</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2012/07/12/255360.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Dewey &#38; LeBoeuf offered on Wednesday to drop potential claims against former partners if they collectively shell out up to $103.6 million to the estate of the largest U.S. law firm ever to declare bankruptcy. Joff Mitchell, the chief restructuring &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Law Firms Facing Rise in Large Malpractice Claims: Study</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/06/13/251170.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Although the frequency of malpractice claims brought against law firms in the U.S. appears to be leveling office, the number of large claims is rising sharply. A new study by insurance broker Ames &#38; Gough finds a growing number of &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida Man Wins $1M Claim Against South Carolina Lawyer</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2011/10/25/221474.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A federal jury has awarded a Florida man $1 million in punitive damages against his former Charleston lawyer. The Post and Courier reported that a jury in Columbia ruled against attorney Robert Lowe Jr. in the legal malpractice case. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Atlanta Hawks Owner Settles Malpractice Claim Against Law Firm</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2011/09/16/215989.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The group that owns the Atlanta Hawks and recently sold the Atlanta Thrashers has settled a $195 million legal malpractice lawsuit against the law firm King &#38; Spalding. The Atlanta Spirit, which sold the Thrashers to a Canadian group in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Conn. Supreme Court to Take Up Ex-NFL Player&#8217;s Fraud Claim Against Lawyers</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2011/09/14/215487.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut Supreme Court will take up a fraud lawsuit by ex-NFL player and investment firm founder Bob Simms against his ex-wife&#8217;s lawyers, brushing aside a lower court decision barring the claim. Simms, a linebacker who played for the New &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Targets Law Firms It Says Preyed On Struggling Homeowners</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2011/08/22/211800.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[California has broken up what it called a ring of law firms that fraudulently induced struggling homeowners nationwide to pay thousands of dollars each to file mass lawsuits against their mortgage lenders. Kamala Harris, the state&#8217;s attorney general, said Thursday &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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