DAWSON v. WHITE & CASE


212 A.D.2d 385 (1995)

622 N.Y.S.2d 269

Evan R. Dawson, Respondent, v. White & Case et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

February 7, 1995


The proposition that a law practice has no good will is a consequence of ethical concerns that the sale of a law practice would necessarily involve the disclosure of client confidences (Code of Professional Responsibility EC 4-6). We agree with the Special Referee that such concerns do not come into play in contexts other than a sale (cf., Harmon v Harmon, 173 A.D.2d 98), in particular a partnership dissolution, and disagree...

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