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Law Practice

Dec. 18, 2006

Further Thoughts About Collecting Attorney Fees

LETTER TO THE EDITOR - I read with interest the article titled "Collecting Unpaid Fees" in the Nov. 24 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal.

I read with interest the article titled "Collecting Unpaid Fees" in the Nov. 24 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal. Although the article was generally informative, it failed to discuss California Code of Civil Procedure Section 431.70, which provides in relevant part that "[w]here cross-demands for money have existed between persons at any point in time when neither demand was barred by the statute of limitations, and an action is thereafter commenced by one such person, th...

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