Law Practice,
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Contracts
Oct. 8, 2018
Depp ruling probably won’t end the art of the (handshake) deal
In a ruling heard ‘round the entertainment world, in August a superior court in Los Angeles said Johnny Depp’s oral contract with his lawyers for a contingency fee deal was not enforceable.
In August, a superior court in Los Angeles threw out a claim in a dispute between Johnny Depp and his estranged law firm, Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal La Viollette Feldman Schenkman & Goldman LLP, involving a contingency-fee contract that was made through an oral agreement between the parties.
In Depp, et al. v. Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal La Viollette Feldman Schenkman & Goldman, LLP, et al....
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