Lawyer have not only benefited from the trend towards litigation for ""defective"" products and services, they have also become one of its targets. This text examines the law in relation to this in all major jurisdictions.;Each jurisdiction covered analyzes the professional, civil, administrative and criminal rules applicable to the practice of law, in particular those relating to litigation conduct, general and specialist advice, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, the applicable standards of professional performance and the available compensatory remedies for their breach. It also examines the liability cover required of, and available to, legal practitioners as well as issues of transnational practice.