Kasowitz Benson Hits Up Duane Reade For $7M Fee

By Nick Malinowski

Law360, New York (February 11, 2010, 3:12 PM ET) -- Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP has sued Duane Reade Inc. seeking at least $7.1 million, accusing the New York drugstore chain of breaking a fee arrangement that allegedly directed a piece of a $40 million contract suit settlement between Duane Reade and Cardtronics LP to the firm.

Kasowitz Benson represented Duane Reade in a contract dispute with the ATM company for several years, but the store eventually settled behind the firm's back and has paid only a fraction of what it owes its attorneys, Kasowitz...
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