"If a transaction goes awry or someone buys a business that doesn't turn out the way they want it to be," clients sometimes direct their litigation at the lawyers who represented them in the deal, ...

Do in-house lawyers need their own malpractice insurance? Some might. If needed, the type of insurance in-house counsel should explore is called employed lawyers professional liability (ELPL) ...

The ABA's study on legal malpractice claims reveals the five practice areas with the most claims are: plaintiff's personal injury, real estate, family law, estate, trusts and probate, and collection ...

Malpractice insurance, professional liability insurance (also called professional indemnity insurance), and errors and omissions (also called E&O insurance) are closely related. But what should you ...

Law firms throughout the U.S. must continue to navigate the challenges posed by malpractice litigation, including rising settlement costs and errors leading to claims, according to the fifteenth ...

Insurers paid three times more for closed Missouri legal malpractice claims last year than a decade ago, and rising defense costs are a likely culprit. Lawyers who handle legal malpractice cases and ...

Maryland does not require lawyers to carry professional liability insurance. Oregon, West Virginia, Nebraska, and Rhode Island have forms of mandatory insurance. Many others, such as Delaware and ...