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KING & KING, CHARTERED v. HARBERT INTERN., INC.

Civil Action No. 06-324 (JDB).

436 F.Supp.2d 3 (2006)

KING & KING, CHARTERED, Plaintiff, v. HARBERT INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 26, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher M. McNulty, Arlington, VA, for Plaintiff.

Michael J. McManus, Jeffrey J. Lopez, Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP, Laurence Schor, Dennis C. Ehlers, McManus, Schor, Asmar & Darden, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BATES, District Judge.

This civil action presents an apparently novel question of District of Columbia law: what relief, if any, may a law firm obtain where it undertakes representation pursuant to a contingency-fee agreement but the subsequent conduct of its client leads to a forfeiture of the underlying claim? For the reasons that follow, the Court holds that, absent an allegation that the client obtained an identifiable benefit...

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