Legal Opinion
Daynard v. Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, P.A.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 3, 2001No. CIV.A.01-10099-WGYPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
YOUNG, Chief Judge.
Several years ago the tobacco industry settled numerous lawsuits, thus producing enormous attorneys’ fees for the lawyers involved. Confirming the adage that “victory has a thousand fathers,” a professor of law in Massachusetts, licensed to practice law in New York, now wants to enforce an oral fee-splitting agreement allegedly formed in Illinois with lawyers from South Carolina and Mississippi who profited from the tobacco settlement. This memorandum considers three issues: (i) the effect of an alleged release, (ii) what law governs this dispute, and (iii) the…
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