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: Legal Ethics ForumProtecting of lawyers or the court?
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog looks at a new ruling that uses allocution in settlements of divorce cases to preclude a party from later claiming dissatisfaction with her/his lawyer's services -- and thereby precluding a legal malpractice action. While I have no doubt that such a rule provides enormous protection to lawyers (and could generate unfair results in many cases), the ruling is also integral to the court's efforts to shut down and finalize the disputes swirling around the divorce.
Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on November 10, 2010 (boomark / email).
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