Jacobson v. Sassower

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “as a matter of public policy, courts pay particular attention to fee arrangements between attorneys and their clients.”
• interpreting terms of a retainer agreement under New York contract law
• “An attorney has the burden of showing that a fee contract is fair, reasonable, and fully known and understood by the client.”
• “An attorney has the burden of showing that a fee contract is fair, reasonable, and fully known and understood by the client[.]”
• where non-drafting party’s reading of contract provision was so absurd that it would defeat purpose of contract, drafting party’s interpretation prevailed
• “In cases of doubt or ambiguity, a contract must be construed most strongly against the party who prepared it, and favorably to a party who had no voice .in the selection of its language[.]”

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