To Quote Homer: "D'oh!"

From the "what were you thinking" files of the White Collar Crime Prof Blog comes this email from a lawyer to his partners:

I completely overlooked an important recent decision that dramatically changed the landlord-tenant law. (How I missed the case is a mystery since I read the advance sheets. Arguably the case is indistinguishable, but there is a $1M risk of malpractice if I am wrong . . . . I fell into the trap in a major way.)

Of course, it was discoverable as part of the malpractice suit . . .