If Barnett was smart, he would have done more thorough DD on this entity before he got involved with it in hte first place, this whole case revolves around him making a very poor business/investment decision in my opinion.
imho, this is not the same situation as barnett, barnett got rid of the lawyer prior to getting the partial summary judgment. so he did not see it through, reduced fees are warrented, pure and simple.
everyone said ab was in big trouble in miami it didn't happen, they said barnett would never depose or settle w/ lanza he did, and he did