by mgall74 | Oct 26, 2018 | Business Litigation and Legal Malpractice
Usually attorneys know their clients and their clients know their attorneys. But not always. In a recent New Jersey appellate court decision (Greening v. Levine), the appellate court grappled with the issue of whether a lawyer who represented a condominium association...
by mgall74 | Jun 7, 2018 | Anatomy of a Lawsuit
In ancient cultures, disputes over money were often resolved by the sword. In modern societies, disputes over money that the parties cannot resolve among themselves are resolved in courts that are set up by the government. In New Jersey, a person or a business...
by mgall74 | Jun 6, 2018 | Business Litigation and Legal Malpractice, General Legal Issues
Even though your case did not turn out the way you hoped, most of the time, it is not your lawyer’s fault. But sometimes it is. In New Jersey, an attorney will be liable to a former client if the attorney fails to meet the “standard of care” and as a result, the...
by mgall74 | Jun 6, 2018 | Anatomy of a Lawsuit
The Discovery stage of lawsuit begins after each party has filed court papers making allegations, imposing denials and asserting defenses. In the Discovery stage, each contestant is entitled to extract information from the other using legal referred to as...
by mgall74 | Jun 5, 2018 | Anatomy of a Lawsuit
In the New Jersey state court system, the court will require the parties to participate in Mediation at some point after the lawsuit is filed and answered, but before the end of the Discovery stage. At any time after the lawsuit starts, the parties can discuss the...
