Legal Malpractice

Actual Innocence
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that summary judgment was improperly granted to two criminal defense attorneys who had been sued for legal malpractice. The defendant was charged with arson and other offenses in federal court...

Framing § 2254 Fourth Amendment claim as "actual innocence" claim fails
Habeas petition claiming a Fourth Amendment violation as a square peg in a round hole [my words]: It is not a claim of "actual innocence" somehow avoiding AEDPA limitations; it is "legal innocence," which is barred and equitable tolling does not apply...

Why wouldnt innocence 'presumed' by criminal courts be 'actual'
I'm going to be posting some over at the Innocence Project of Texas' blog (regular readers know I began working for them as a policy consultant a couple of months ago), and wanted to point Grits readers to an item I wrote there about a case of first impression pending at the Austin Court of Appeals regarding whether cases overturned on direct appeal qualify for compensation under Texas' wrongful convictions statutes, see "Splitting hairs on innocence compensaton claims: If unconvicted defendants are presumed innocent, why isn?t that innocence 'actual'?"The Austin appellate court declared only habeas appeals qualify for compensation, reversing a district court ruling that a defendant whose conviction was overturned on appeal because of insufficiency of evidence could pursue compensation under Chapter 103 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code...

North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence Director and Exoneree to Speak and Campbell School of Law
The Campbell Law Innocence Project will host guest speakers Dwayne Dail and Chris Mumma on campus Jan. 21. Dail served 18 years in prison for the 1987 rape of a 12-year-old girl in Goldsboro until DNA testing revealed his innocence...

Scheck speaks, raises funds for Innocence Project
Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck said in a speech last night that West Virginia ? and dozens of other states ? were ready for bipartisan criminal justice reforms to prevent future wrongful convictions...

Off to "innocence" conference in Plano
Thanks to a last minute invite by the Innocence Project of Texas, I'm pleased to be able to attend Texas' 3rd annual "innocence" conference, titled Actual Innocence: Establishing Innocence or Guilt...

National Practitioner Data Bank Fact
NPDB identifies unprofessional healthcare practitioners

Pre-paid Leagal Services
What are Prepaid Legal Benefit Plans

Missing Children
Databases and organizations

Gallbladder Surgery Errors Damage Bile Duct
X-ray Procedures Can Reduce Gall Bladder Surgery Error Rates

Legal Forms
Business and Commercial Legal Forms

Best Law Movies
Greatest Legal Movies selected by ABA Journal

Legal Malpractice
legal malpractice lawsuits.

Criminal Law
If you have been arrested or mistreated by police you should speak to a criminal law attorney.

Jury Awards $1.8 Million in Legal Malpractice Suit
Jury Awards $1.8 Million in Legal Malpractice Suit

Accounting Malpractice - Accountant Malpractice, Accounting Malpractice Lawsuit
Accounting Malpractice alleging financial malpractice by accountants.

Wal-Mart
Avoids Criminal Charges over Clerk's Death

Drug Pusher
Biovail agrees to pay $24.6 million settlement in criminal lawsuit.