Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Mar. 29, 2011
Decision Clarifies Retainer Agreements
Clients might think having an open-ended retainer agreement with a law firm means they have a current attorney-client relationship. But that's not always the case, a state appellate court held.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Clients might think that having an open-ended retainer agreement with a law firm means they have a current attorney-client relationship. That's not always the case, a state appellate court held recently, and lawyers say the opinion helps clarify the boundaries of retention contracts.
Newport Beach signed a so-called "framework" retainer agreement in 2005 with San Francisco-based e...
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