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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.

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44 Cited authorities

  1. Stern v. Marshall

    564 U.S. 462 (2011)   Cited 3,730 times   71 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a litigant forfeited a statutory right, noting the litigant "does not explain why" the relevant "statutory limitation may not be . . . waived"

  2. Geron ex rel. Estate of Thelen LLP v. Seyfarth Shaw LLP (In re Thelen LLP)

    736 F.3d 213 (2d Cir. 2013)   Cited 257 times
    Holding that partnership's status as a registered California entity did not alter conclusion that New York law should apply to fraudulent transfer claims

  3. Kenford Co. v. Erie County

    67 N.Y.2d 257 (N.Y. 1986)   Cited 451 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that damages based on lost future profits "may not be merely speculative, possible or imaginary, but must be reasonably certain and directly traceable to the breach, not remote or the result of other intervening causes"

  4. 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

  5. Campagnola v. Mulholland

    76 N.Y.2d 38 (N.Y. 1990)   Cited 206 times
    Holding that in the context of a contingency fee agreement for one third of the client's recovery, "[w]here [an attorney's] discharge is without cause, the attorney is limited to recovering in quantum meruit the reasonable value of the services rendered"

  6. Scholastic, Inc. v. Harris

    259 F.3d 73 (2d Cir. 2001)   Cited 144 times
    Recognizing a joint venture to form a new production company to be financed by Scholastic and managed by Harris, a television and movie executive

  7. Cohen v. Grainger, Tesoriero

    81 N.Y.2d 655 (N.Y. 1993)   Cited 176 times
    Finding discharged attorney who had contingency fee arrangement with former client had elected to receive contingent percentage fee from incoming attorney

  8. Denburg v. Parker Chapin

    82 N.Y.2d 375 (N.Y. 1993)   Cited 159 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding a clause invalid pursuant to DR 2-108

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Section 40 - Rules determining rights and duties of partners

    N.Y. Partnership Law § 40   Cited 115 times   2 Legal Analyses

    The rights and duties of the partners in relation to the partnership shall be determined, subject to any agreement between them, by the following rules: 1. Each partner shall be repaid his contributions, whether by way of capital or advances to the partnership property and share equally in the profits and surplus remaining after all liabilities, including those to partners, are satisfied; and except as provided in subdivision (b) of section twenty-six of this chapter, each partner must contribute

  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 500.27 - Discretionary proceedings to review certified questions from Federal courts and other courts of last resort

    N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 500.27   Cited 230 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Authorizing the New York Court of Appeals to review certain certified questions

  14. Section 1210.1 - Posting

    N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 1210.1   Cited 13 times
    Requiring every New York attorney to post a Statement of Client's Rights providing clients, among other things, the following: “You are entitled to have your questions and concerns addressed promptly and to receive a prompt rely to your letters, telephone calls, emails, faxes, and other communications.”