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.

But what is a retainer for a lawyer? In general, it refers to a sum of money paid up front as part of a professional agreement to obtain legal services. However, there are actually different kinds ...

An appeals court has ordered that legal ... retainer. The Appellate Division, Third Department, ruled in Matter of the Estate of Benware, 516471, that while a court is not bound by a retainer ...

a California appeal court today concluded that open-ended retainer agreements don’t automatically create attorney-client relationships. Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger shouldn’t have been ...

The retainer agreement included the following arbitration clause: Any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of or relating to our fees, charges, performance of legal services, obligations ...

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.