The complaint, purporting to state causes for tortious interference and conspiracy based upon plaintiff law firm's discharge by its client, allegedly at the instigation of defendants, was properly dismissed. Although a law firm may prevail on a claim that a third party induced a client to cancel a retainer agreement upon a demonstration that the inducement was wrongfully effected (see Lurie v New Amsterdam Cas. Co., 270 N.Y. 379), defendants' actions, as alleged, amount...
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