Retainer agreements are often used by attorneys to establish a formal relationship with clients. However, retainers can be used in almost any industry and are particularly useful to consultants and ...

Question: Every year, the board automatically renews the association attorney’s retainer agreement and deposit. Without reading it the directors sign and send him a check for $60,000. This year, I ...

In talking shop with attorneys, one of the topics that frequently comes up is setting and collecting an appropriate retainer. Attorneys often struggle with the tension inherent in collecting a sizable ...

The retainer agreement is a contract between an attorney and the client. However, in matrimonial cases, it is a force of its own. There are countless rules under the New York City Rules and ...

When our Supreme Court recently visited the propriety of a provision in an attorney's retainer agreement that binds client and attorney to arbitrate any dispute arising out of the attorney's ...

A Florida appellate court held that plaintiff was required to arbitrate her claims against the attorney and her law firm (defendants) that represented her in underlying divorce proceedings pursuant to ...

You don’t have to look far, or think very hard, to see why a retainer arrangement could be great for an agency. It offers steady and predictable income (for a creative business – who’d have thought it ...

Owens v. Katherine L. Corrigan & Klc, 2018 Fla. App. LEXIS 9174 (Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District, 6/27/18; Not final until disposition of any motion for rehearing.) Plaintiff filed a three ...