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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Need help of a sentence
Hi there I am totally new at this forum and now I really need some help of understanding this sentence:
Let's meet our old friend Tom who until recently retained our competitor ABC for his legal interest.
So my question is, does the sentence mean Tom stopped cooperate with ABC, or he just began to work with ABC? I am confused about UNTIL and RETAIN. I think to retain means to keep, but if an UNTIL appears before retain, the meaning would shift?
TIA!
Let's meet our old friend Tom who until recently retained our competitor ABC for his legal interest.
So my question is, does the sentence mean Tom stopped cooperate with ABC, or he just began to work with ABC? I am confused about UNTIL and RETAIN. I think to retain means to keep, but if an UNTIL appears before retain, the meaning would shift?
TIA!
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Let's meet our old friend Tom who until recently retained our competitor ABC for his legal interest. "retain a lawyer" means to choose a lawyer (usually paying a retention fee) so that the lawyer will represent you, and not your enemy. Apparently Tom hired a law firm, but recently he decided not to use this firm to represent him.
- Let's meet our old friend Tom who until recently retained our competitor ABC for his legal interest.
- "retain a lawyer" means to choose a lawyer (usually paying a retention fee) so that the lawyer will represent you, and not your enemy.
- Apparently Tom hired a law firm, but recently he decided not to use this firm to represent him.
- So ABC is no longer representing Tom.
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Let's meet our old friend Tom who until recently retained our competitor ABC for his legal interest.
"retain a lawyer" means to choose a lawyer (usually paying a retention fee) so that the lawyer will represent you, and not your enemy.
Apparently Tom hired a law firm, but recently he decided not to use this firm to represent him.
So ABC is no longer representing Tom.
"retain a lawyer" means to choose a lawyer (usually paying a retention fee) so that the lawyer will represent you, and not your enemy.
Apparently Tom hired a law firm, but recently he decided not to use this firm to represent him.
So ABC is no longer representing Tom.
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