A law firm is not entitled to collect interest on an arbitration award of fees thataccrued because the firm refused to release the funds to a client who balked at signing a waiver of malpractice, a unanimous appeals panel in Manhattan ruled last week in an unsigned opinion.
Separately, the panel ruled that arbitrators hearing fee disputes under a court-authorized system have authority to grant interest even though court rules do not address the issue.
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