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Litigation

Mar. 22, 2000

Conflict of Interest Proves Costly for Firm

A Los Angeles jury has ordered New York-based Herzfeld & Rubin to pay nearly $1 million to a woman the firm represented at the same time it handled the legal affairs of a developer with whom the woman had an agreement to build a five-star hotel and spa in Romania.

By Denise Levin
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        A Los Angeles jury has ordered New York-based Herzfeld & Rubin to pay nearly $1 million to a woman the firm represented at the same time it handled the legal affairs of a developer with whom the woman had an agreement to build a five-star hotel and spa in Romania.
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