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MATTER OF SOUZA

4003N, 1724/02.

80 A.D.3d 446 (2011)

915 N.Y.S.2d 238

In the Matter of the Estate of FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA, Deceased. LYNN & CAHILL LLP, Appellant; FRANCESCA SOUZA, Respondent.

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

Decided January 4, 2011.

The court exercised its discretion in a provident manner in granting the motion for a protective order. Although the burden is on petitioner law firm to establish the reasonableness of the fees and the value of the services provided (see Matter of Potts, 213 App Div 59, 61 [1925], affd 241 N.Y. 593 [1925]), its request to depose the objectants, who lived in England and India, in addition to the request to produce...

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