A recent NY Appellate Division decision serves as another reminder of the importance of carefully defining the scope of engagement in an engagement letter. This is because, under New York law, an attorney may not be held liable for failing to act outside the scope of their retainer.
In Attallah v. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, 168 A.D.3d 1026 (App. Div. 2d Dep’t 2019) a client brought an action against a law firm alleging legal malpractice in a case where the client had …
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