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Law Practice

Nov. 6, 1998

Judge Terminates Partners Suit for Closing Outpost

Corporate finance lawyer Richard A. Shortz - who claimed he lost his job with Rogers & Wells when the New York firm pulled out of Los Angeles in February 1997 - cannot sue his former firm because his partnership was never terminated, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled in throwing out a $10 million lawsuit against the firm.

By Denise Levin
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        Corporate finance lawyer Richard A. Shortz - who claimed he lost his job with Rogers & Wells when the New York firm pulled out of Los Angeles in February 1997 - cannot sue his former firm because his partnership was never terminated, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled in throwing out a $10 million ...

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