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: Legal Ethics ForumMalpractice Claims to Increase?
I'm wondering if suits like this suit against Foley & Lardner charging over-billing and under-representation will rise, or have risen, with the awful economy? (Don't misunderstand me, I have no idea about the merits of this suit.) Anyone have any recent statistics? For what it's worth, my own anecdotal experience arising from doing some experting is that there's definitely an uptick, at least in claims arising out of patent practice.
Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on February 04, 2009 (boomark / email).
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