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Civil Litigation

Jan. 24, 2020

Tauler Smith in dispute with former bookkeeper

The firm accuses him of holding its financial records and bank account information in an effort to extort them firm into paying fraudulent invoices.

Tauler Smith LLP says its former bookkeeper is holding its financial records and bank account information in an effort to extort the firm into paying fraudulent invoices, in a suit filed in federal court in Los Angeles. Responding Thursday in a motion to dismiss, the bookkeeper said the firm is retaliating after he filed a lawsuit against it for nonpayment of services.

The dispute arose when Joseph W. Valerio, an independent contr...

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