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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Apr. 25, 2015

3 Cs causing clients' claims

In a study, the American Bar Association found 21 root causes of, across all practice areas. Here's three perticularly important ones to keep in mind. By Louis Castoria


By Louie Castoria


There are so many ways to get sued these days. In a study of over 42,000 U.S. legal
malpractice suits reported to liability insurers from 2000 through 2007, the American
Bar Association's Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability found 21 root
causes of, across all practice areas. (July/August 2010 issue of Legal Practice).
Only one of them accounted for more than 10...

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