Bloomberg Law
June 12, 2018, 4:13 PM UTC

Law Firm’s Fraud Claims Revived in Fee Dispute with Client

Mindy Rattan
Mindy Rattan
Reporter

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals June 7 revived a law firm’s fraud and conspiracy claims alleging its former client duped it into revising its fee structures to avoid the law firm’s threatened withdrawal.

After obtaining a judgment for its unpaid legal fees, Ludwig & Robinson, PLLC, succeeded in convincing the appeals court that the trial court shouldn’t have dismissed its fraud and conspiracy claims. The firm should be allowed to argue that it’s entitled to fraud damages that are separate from its contract damages, Associate Judge Phyllis D. Thompson wrote for the court.

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