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Parties Cannot, by Contract, Render Trope Inapplicable

Jul 27, 2026

A provision in a retainer agreement saying that a law firm is entitled to attorney fees if it successfully represents itself in a dispute with the client, in an effort to sidestep the California Supreme Court’s 1995 decision in Trope v. Trope, is ineffective, Div. Five of this district’s Court of Appeal has held.