Judith Regan settled her lawsuit with HarperCollins, but her legal woes continue. Her lawyers in the case are suing her, claiming that the $125,000 she paid them just isn't enough.
Regan had "sent them [her lawyers] a check, and they sent it back," a source close to the case tells us.
Marc Dreier, chief attorney on the suit, told us: "We did all of the work on the case from day one, and she terminated us on the eve of the settlement. She sent us a letter terminating our services, and yes, she sent us a check -- for $125,000. But our agreement spelled out that we would get 25% of her recovery ... which has been reported at $10 million to $20 million. Our payment should be a lot more than $125,000."
"That's a complete fabrication," argued the friend of Regan. "All they did was draft a complaint -- and not too well at that. [Regan co-counsel] Bert Fields didn't even want his name on it. Judith fired the Dreier lawyers because they also violated her strict orders not to play confidential tapes that had been locked in a safe."
Dreier is also suing Fields, claiming interference during the legal proceedings, but not Regan's other co-counsel, Joe Cotchett.
The case never went to trial and was settled pretty quickly. $125,000 is a lot of money for a case that never saw a courtroom. What we want to know is: what was on the confidential tapes that were locked in a vault? That sounds quite interesting.
