In Kennedy v. Hall, No. 16-60569, 2017 WL 664041, at *1 (5th Cir. Feb. 17, 2017), the Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a Mississippi attorney and his law firm in a legal malpractice action applying the “case-within-a-case” doctrine. Mississippi law requires the plaintiff in a malpractice action to prove by a preponderance of the…
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On January 17, 2017, the IRS issued a Guidance Notice classifying syndicated conservation easement transactions as “Listed Transactions,” or presumed tax shelters. A conservation easement is an agreement between a landowner or investor, and a land trust or government agency that permanently limits development of the land with the aim of conservation. The restrictions are…
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In Bond v. McLaughlin, 2017 WL 728176, — So.3d — (Ala. 2017), the Alabama Supreme Court reversed summary judgment for an attorney in a legal malpractice action, finding a question of fact as to whether plaintiff could prove her “case within a case.” In an Alabama legal malpractice action, the plaintiff must prove that the…
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