In its December 20, 2012 opinion in Speicher v Columbia Township Board of Election Commissioners, the Michigan Court of Appeals held that a plaintiff who was entitled by statute to “actual attorney fees” could recover only those attorney fees that were not “clearly excessive” under the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct. The Court of Appeals…

In Gunn v. Minton, Docket No. 11-1118 (U.S. Feb. 20, 2013), the United States Supreme Court made clear that federal courts will have exclusive jurisdiction for only the rarest of rare legal malpractice claims. In doing so, it reversed the judgment of the Texas Supreme Court, which had concluded that the plaintiff’s legal malpractice claim…

CEFU attorney, Brian D. Einhorn, recently won a summary judgment motion in a legal malpractice case, in the Tuscola County Circuit Court. Plaintiff alleged that Brian’s client (an attorney) gave her the wrong advice when she was serving as conservator of an estate, resulting in $650,000 verdict against her. Brian argued that his client’s representation…