Legal Opinion

Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP v. Reade

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided August 7, 2012PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*404Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Paul Wooten, J.), entered April 7, 2011, dismissing the complaint, affirmed, without costs. Appeal from order, same court and Justice, entered March 18, 2011, dismissed, without costs, as subsumed in the appeal from the judgment.

This is a dispute over whether plaintiff Kasowitz law firm is entitled to a success fee in addition to the flat $1 million fee it has already received in connection with its representation of defendant Duane Reade. The issues are whether the parties’ emails established a binding fee agreement, and whether the fee was to be…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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