112 Md. App. 738 - Post v. Bregman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 12 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A division of fee between lawyers who are not in the same firm may be made only if: (1) the division is in proportion to the services performed by each lawyer or, by written agreement with the client, each lawyer assumes joint responsibility for the representation; (2) the client is advised of and does not object to the participation of all the lawyers involved; and (3) the total fee is reasonable.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Post v. Bregman

2. “indelibly clear that Maryland adheres to the general rule that parties to a contract are presumed to contract mindful of the existing law and that all applicable or relevant laws must be read into the agreement of the parties just as if expressly provided by them, except where a contrary intention is evident.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Stone

3. ““Therefore, we have agreed that the firm of Bregman, Berbert & Schwartz will share in the recoveries to the extent of 25% of all fees recovered from the third party litigation. You will be called upon to contribute 25% of all out-of-pocket expenses and an appropriate allocation of the labors of litigation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Post v. Bregman