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The Price of Attorney Delay

Consider this scenario: A client, decides to change his will by adding a new beneficiary; he asks his lawyer to draft a new document. The lawyer promises to do so, but delays. Then, before the lawyer draws up new papers, Robert dies. For the attorney, one issue may quickly loom large: legal malpractice. In most U.S. jurisdictions, the long-standing rule is that lawyers are liable to intended beneficiaries
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