Sentences with phrase «unfinished business doctrines»

Lawyers are more than happy to be called fiduciaries when it serves their interests: two obvious examples are restrictive covenants, which the Court of Appeals has declared unenforceable for lawyers because of their fiduciary status [Cohen v. Lord Day & Lord, 550 N.E. 2d 410 (1989)-RSB-, and the unfinished business doctrine, where lawyers» fiduciary relationship with clients was deemed to trump their obligations to their former partners.