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Entertainment & Sports

Dec. 19, 2017

Bloom firm files countersuit against Depp

Attorneys say without a written agreement, Bloom Hergott will have an uphill battle.

The law firm sued by actor Johnny Depp for legal malpractice has hit back with a countersuit of its own, but the lack of a written agreement may leave the firm with an uphill battle.

Depp filed a lawsuit in October accusing his former lawyer, Jacob A. Bloom, and his firm Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman LLP, of unjust enrichment, self-dealing and breach of fiduciary duty.

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