Some chemotherapy drugs, other medications, or radiation needed for. treatment of cancer can damage hearing. Hearing loss interferes with daily. living. If you received these treatments, it is important to have your hearing. checked and to obtain treatment if hearing loss is found.
A case retainer is a nonrefundable fee that a client pays to a law office as an inducement for legal work to be performed for the client. What this really means is that the client is offering additional money to entice the attorney to take the case.
Florida law also recognizes an attorneyâs right to a retaining lien over client files when bills go unpaid. Hereâs how Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 88-11 summarized Florida law on this point:Many attorneys are unaware that in Florida a case file is considered to be the property of the attorney rather than the client. * * * * Florida common law recognizes two types of attorneyâs liens: the charging lien and the retaining lien. The charging lien may be asserted when a client owes the attorney for fees or costs in connection with a specific matter in which a suit has been filed.