Retainer agreements are often used by attorneys to establish a formal relationship with clients. However, retainers can be used in almost any industry and are particularly useful to consultants and ...

Q: Our agency specializes in high-end leisure sales to high net worth clients. I have read that some agencies have annual "retainer agreements" with their clients. They charge a flat fee per month or ...

In talking shop with attorneys, one of the topics that frequently comes up is setting and collecting an appropriate retainer. Attorneys often struggle with the tension inherent in collecting a sizable ...

When our Supreme Court recently visited the propriety of a provision in an attorney's retainer agreement that binds client and attorney to arbitrate any dispute arising out of the attorney's ...

Owens v. Katherine L. Corrigan & Klc, 2018 Fla. App. LEXIS 9174 (Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District, 6/27/18; Not final until disposition of any motion for rehearing.) Plaintiff filed a three ...

We often settle legal malpractice claims before they result in a publicly filed lawsuit. Many of our clients, who are lawyers, want to avoid a public lawsuit, but once a suit is filed, they want to be ...

In these difficult times, partnerships are breaking up, firms are dissolving and more and more laterals are seeking greener pastures. These events often create ethical dilemmas concerning client and ...

California judge confirmed that arbitration award was valid despite partial invalidation of underlying retainer agreement Loeb & Loeb client's attempt to take professional negligence claims to court ...

Most service businesses use projects as their main path to client work. The problem with projects, however, is that they are often lumpy: You work hard to win a deal. You and your team work like crazy ...