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In re: Coudert Brothers LLP, Debtor. <br />--------------------------------<br /> Development Specialists, Inc., Respondent-Appellant, <br />--------------------------------<br /> K&L Gates LLP et al., Appellants-Respondents, <br />--------------------------------<br /> Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, et al., Appellants-Respondents.

Brief

39 Cited authorities

  1. Burlington v. Dague

    505 U.S. 557 (1992)   Cited 2,099 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the contingency aspect of a case cannot be considered when determining a statutory fee award

  2. Lai Ling Cheng v. Modansky Leasing Co.

    73 N.Y.2d 454 (N.Y. 1989)   Cited 287 times
    Noting that quantum meruit "compensation [is] a fixed dollar amount determined at the time of discharge"

  3. Matter of Cooperman

    83 N.Y.2d 465 (N.Y. 1994)   Cited 206 times
    Holding non-refundable retainers prohibited by Code of Professional Responsibility, applying provisions materially the same as Arizona's

  4. Internat'l News Serv. v. Asso. Press

    248 U.S. 215 (1918)   Cited 521 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a plaintiff was not barred from seeking injunctive relief due to unclean hands because the defendant had not shown that the plaintiff’s behavior "constitute[d] an unconscientious or inequitable attitude towards its adversary"

  5. Denburg v. Parker Chapin

    82 N.Y.2d 375 (N.Y. 1993)   Cited 158 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding a clause invalid pursuant to DR 2-108

  6. United States v. Cherokee Nation

    480 U.S. 700 (1987)   Cited 47 times
    Holding waiver of navigational servitude "will not be implied, but instead must be 'surrendered in unmistakable terms'"

  7. Santalucia v. Sebright Transp., Inc.

    232 F.3d 293 (2d Cir. 2000)   Cited 102 times
    Finding waiver when adjudicating fee dispute after the settlement of an underlying suit

  8. Cohen v. Lord, Day Lord

    75 N.Y.2d 95 (N.Y. 1989)   Cited 118 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a lawyer possesses a private right of action with which he can seek to invalidate a clause that hampers his ability to practice law

  9. Seawall Associates v. City of New York

    74 N.Y.2d 92 (N.Y. 1989)   Cited 90 times
    Finding that development rights are "valuable components of the bundle of rights' making up" a fee interest in real property

  10. Beckman v. Farmer

    579 A.2d 618 (D.C. 1990)   Cited 76 times
    Holding that “pending contingent fee cases are partnership property and, therefore, assets subject to distribution on dissolution”

  11. Section 24 - Partnership bound by partner's wrongful act

    N.Y. Partnership Law § 24   Cited 90 times
    Holding partners liable for "any act or omission of any partner"

  12. Section 43 - Partner accountable as a fiduciary

    N.Y. Partnership Law § 43   Cited 62 times

    1. Every partner must account to the partnership for any benefit, and hold as trustee for it any profits derived by him without the consent of the other partners from any transaction connected with the formation, conduct, or liquidation of the partnership or from any use by him of its property. 2. This section applies also to the representatives of a deceased partner engaged in the liquidation of the affairs of the partnership as the personal representatives of the last surviving partner. N.Y. Partnership

  13. Section 61 - Partnership not terminated by dissolution

    N.Y. Partnership Law § 61   Cited 52 times

    On dissolution the partnership is not terminated, but continues until the winding up of partnership affairs is completed. N.Y. Partnership Law § 61

  14. Section 66 - Power of partner to bind partnership to third persons after dissolution

    N.Y. Partnership Law § 66   Cited 13 times

    (1) After dissolution a partner can bind the partnership except as provided in subdivision three (a) By any act appropriate for winding up partnership affairs or completing transactions unfinished at dissolution; (b) By any transaction which would bind the partnership if dissolution had not taken place, provided the other party to the transaction (I) Had extended credit to the partnership prior to dissolution and had no knowledge or notice of the dissolution; or (II) Though he had not so extended