Class action defense counsel should not assume that engagement letters and retainer agreements between representative plaintiffs and class counsel are privileged. Under Rule 23’s “adequacy” ...

When risk managers audit a law practice for the risk of legal malpractice, they look first at the files to see if every file contains an executed engagement/retainer letter or fee contract. This one ...

Retainer letters are also known as letters of engagement and probably one of the most important documents in a solicitor's defence against a claim of negligence. They are, if properly written and ...

Should lawyers go into great detail in explaining an arbitration provision in a retainer agreement to clients in order for it to be enforceable? In Delaney v. Dickey, a unanimous New Jersey Supreme ...

Retainer letters are back in the news. Actually, they never really left. They are the foundation stone of the relationship between the solicitor and the client. In association with the firm's standard ...