Quinn Emanuel Gets Suit Brought by Partners in NYC Spinoff Routed to Arbitration
If the decision by a New York state judge stands and Quinn Emanuel prevails in arbitration, Selendy & Gay partners could be forced to turn over 10 percent of the fees they got from former Quinn Emanuel clients in the 18 months after they departed.
April 24, 2019 at 05:41 PM
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The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
A New York state judge has rejected a request by partners of Selendy & Gay to halt Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan's arbitration case against them, ordering the offshoot law firm to face Quinn Emanuel's claims in arbitration
Partners at Selendy & Gay had argued that Quinn Emanuel's effort to make them turn over a share of the legal fees they took with them violated state ethics rules, but Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla ruled this week she could not evaluate that dispute.
Dismissing the case, she said the arbitration clause in Quinn Emanuel's partnership agreement required her to let the arbitrator make that call.
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