| Former book publishing powerhouse Judith Regan was sued Monday for legal fees by the firm that prepared her lawsuit against HarperCollins LLC after the publishing company fired her.p class=inside-copyIn court papers, Dreier LLP says Regan reneged on a retainer agreement she signed and then fired the law firm in a transparent and calculated effort to avoid paying petitioners the agreed upon fee./pp class=inside-copyAfter Dreier prepared and filed the lawsuit, court papers say, Regan hired Los Angeles lawyer Bertram Fields to negotiate a settlement with HarperCollins. The terms were not disclosed./pp class=inside-copyAfter the settlement was final, Regan fired Dreier and refused to pay the firm, court papers say./pp class=inside-copyThe lawsuit names Fields as a defendant and accuses him of tortious interference with the business relationship between Dreier and Regan./p |
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