Two closely watched cases involving law firm billing and the “unfinished business” doctrine are headed to the state Court of Appeals. The court said Tuesday it has accepted two certified questions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in In re: Coudert Brothers, 62.
The case, the second taken by the state court, centers around the issue of whether the bankruptcy estate of New York law firms that dissolve retain an ownership right to fees earned from hourly matters taken by former partners to new firms.
