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“ontingent fees may be disallowed as between attorney and client in spite of contingent fee retainer agreements, where the amount becomes large enough to be out of all proportion to the value of the professional services rendered”
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Complaint of Cap'n Rick Corp.
ontingent fees may be disallowed as between attorney and client in spite of contingent fee retainer agreements, where the amount becomes large enough to be out of all proportion to the value of the professional services rendered
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Rosenberg & Associates, LLC v. Candid Litho Printing, Ltd.
Islip v Brower, 42 NY2d 471, 474 [1977]; see Gair v Peck, 6 NY2d 97 [1959], cert denied 361 US 374 [1960]; Collier, Cohen, Crystal & Bock v MacNamara, 237 AD2d 152 [1997]; Finkelstein v Kins, 124 AD2d 92 [1987]).
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Findley v. Falise
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also: Cited "see, e.g."
See Gair v. Peck, 6 Misc.2d 739, 741 , 165 N.Y.S.2d 247, 249 (Sup. Ct.1957), aff'd, 5 A.D.2d 303 , 171 N.Y.S.2d 594 (App.Div.3d Dep’t 1958), rev’d, 6 N.Y.2d 97 , 188 N.Y.S.2d 491 , 160 N.E.2d 43 , remittitur amended, 6 N.Y.2d 983 , 191 N.Y.S.2d 951 , 161 N.E.2d 736 (1959), cert. denied, 361 U.S. 374 , 80 S.Ct. 401 , 4 L.Ed.2d 380 (1960) (describing history of Rule 4).
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In Re Joint E. & S. Dist. Asbestos Litigation
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also: Cited "see, e.g."
See Gair v. Peck, 6 Misc.2d 739, 741 , 165 N.Y.S.2d 247, 249 (Sup. Ct.1957), aff'd, 5 A.D.2d 303 , 171 N.Y.S.2d 594 (App.Div.3d Dep't 1958), rev'd, 6 N.Y.2d 97 , 188 N.Y.S.2d 491 , 160 N.E.2d 43 , remittitur amended, 6 N.Y.2d 983 , 191 N.Y.S.2d 951 , 161 N.E.2d 736 (1959), cert. denied, 361 U.S. 374 , 80 S.Ct. 401 , 4 L.Ed.2d 380 (1960) (describing history of Rule 4).
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Westchester County Pharmaceutical Society, Inc. v. Abrams
After detailing the history of the Bar, its public service and self-regulation, the court concluded: "Today, specific statutes provide for broad judicial power and control over the profession (Judiciary Law, § 90, subd. 2; see Gair v. Peck, 6 N Y 2d 97, 111, app. dsmd. and cert. den., 361 U. S. 374 ; People ex rel.
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Cooper v. Singer
See American Trial Lawyers Ass'n v. New Jersey Supreme Court, 66 N.J. 258 , 330 A.2d 350 (1974) (courts may promulgate rules regulating contingent fee arrangements); accord Gair v. Peck, 6 N.Y.2d 97 , 188 N.Y.S.2d 491 , 160 N.E.2d 43 (1959), appeal dismissed and cert. denied, 361 U.S. 374 , 80 S.Ct. 401 , 4 L.Ed.2d 380 (1960); Annot., 77 A.L.R.2d 411 (1961).
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In re Accounting of Lincoln Rochester Trust Co.
Today, specific statutes provide for broad judicial power and control over the profession (Judiciary Law, § 90, subd. 2; see Gair v. Peck, 6 N Y 2d 97, 111, app. dsmd. and cert, den., 361 U. S. 374 ; People ex rel.
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In re Brown
Karlin v Culkin, 248 NY 465, 471-472, 477 [1928] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see also Gair v Peck, 6 NY2d 97, 110-111 [1959], cert denied 361 US 374 [I960]).
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In re Brown
Karlin v Culkin, 248 NY 465, 471-472, 477 [1928] [internal quotation marks omitted]; see also Gair v Peck, 6 NY2d 97, 110-111 [1959], cert denied 361 US 374 [I960]).
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Hymen Schlesinger and David A. Hensler v. Hon. Hubert Teitelbaum, United States District Judge
Compare Special Rule 4 Regulating Conduct of Attorneys of the First and Second Judicial Departments of New York, as reproduced at note 1 in Gair v. Peck, 6 N.Y.2d 97 , 188 N.Y.S.2d 491 , 160 N.E.2d 43, 45-46 (1959), cert. denied, 361 U.S. 374 , 80 S.Ct. 401 , 4 L.Ed.2d 380 (1960).
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GAIR Et Al.
v.
PECK Et Al.
v.
PECK Et Al.
544.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Jan 25, 1960.
Howard Hilton Spellman for appellants., Louis J. Lejko.witz, Attorney General of New York, and James 0. Moore, Jr. for appellees.
Per Curiam.
Cited by 6 opinions | Published
Citer courts: S.D. New York (1)
Per Curiam.
.The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for writ of certiorari, certiorari- is denied.