The statute of frauds (General Obligations Law § 5-701 [a] [1]) does not bar the alleged oral agreement between plaintiff and defendant law firm, pursuant to which the firm agreed to pay plaintiff 50% of the legal fees it earned on cases that he procured or originated and performed work on. In pertinent part, the statute renders void an agreement that "[b]y its terms is not to be performed within one year from the making thereof" (id.). The fact that plaintiff...
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