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 ...

In Delaney v. Dickey, 244 N.J. 466 (2020), our Supreme Court held that attorney-client retainer agreements may include a clause providing for arbitration of fee disputes and legal malpractice claims.

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 ...

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 ...

The practice of estate planning is evolving at a rapid pace. Practitioners should periodically review estate-planning retainer agreements (engagement letters) to update them to reflect new ethics ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Vancouver tax lawyer - Robert Strother - must pay an amount likely to run into several million dollars to a former client of his law firm who felt betrayed after Mr. Strother quietly helped set up a ...

Q: Now that business is starting to pick up again, I am thinking of trying to charge my clients an annual retainer fee for travel counseling and booking. The fee will be nonrefundable and payable in ...