Legal Opinion
Daynard v. Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, P.A.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 13, 2002No. CIV.A.01-10099-WGYPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, Chief Judge.
The groundbreaking litigation against tobacco companies has yielded enormous settlement awards for plaintiffs and concomitant fees for attorneys. 1 Distributing those fees has spawned a great deal of satellite litigation, including this dispute between a professor of law, putatively an expert on tobacco litigation, and a law firm that allegedly utilized his expertise to win massive settlements for its clients. The professor seeks to enforce an oral fee-splitting agreement. This memorandum and order addresses two issues: (i) what law governs this dispute;…
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Richard A. Daynard v. Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, P.A. Ronald L. Motley, Scruggs, Millette, Bozeman & Dent P.A. Richard F. ScruggsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
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- Bergin v. Dartmouth Pharmaceutical, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2004
- Frishman v. MaginnMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
- R.W. Granger & Sons, Inc. v. J & S Insulation, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2004
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