Categories : Legal Ethics
Beyond the Lord of the Dance: Extortionate Demand Letters
By David C. Carr
The Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 3, has a new opinion, Falcon Brands v. Mousavi & Lee L.L.P. (case no. G059477, filed 1/27/22), that adds to our knowledge of one of the more opaque issues in legal ethics: when do a lawyer’s demands to settle become extortion?