September 13, 2016
Author Fern Michaels was unable to score a decisive win in a $3 million malpractice suit against her former attorney and literary agent in New York federal court Tuesday, but neither was that attorney-agent in a competing suit over withheld commissions.
January 08, 2016
Best-selling author Fern Michaels' former agent and his old firm, McLaughlin & Stern LLP, told a New York federal court Friday they will not pursue sanctions against Michaels for alleged discovery violations, to focus on other pending motions in her $3 million malpractice suit.
November 17, 2015
Best-selling author Fern Michaels' former agent and his former firm, McLaughlin & Stern LLP, asked a New York federal judge Monday to block the author's bid for a quick win in her $3 million legal malpractice suit alleging they fleeced agency and legal fees from her, calling the motion premature.
September 28, 2015
An increasingly impatient Manhattan federal judge ordered bestselling author Fern Michaels to produce email and other documents to her ex-agent and lawyer Martin Friedman and his former firm McLaughlin & Stern LLP, both targets of her $3 million legal malpractice lawsuit, and raised the specter of sanctions if she does not comply.
September 16, 2015
Best-selling author Fern Michaels urged a New York federal court Tuesday to force her ex-agent and lawyer Martin Friedman and his former firm McLaughlin & Stern LLP to fork over the agency and legal fees she says they've fleeced from her since 2007.