Stick to IT.....
Most mid-size and larger corporations sign an agreement with Law firms and place them under retainer for a variety of work and ongoing issues.
When the law firm breaks the agreement and then refuses to represent you, they “fired” you as a client.
The term is pejorative.....I realize that’s a big word for you so look it up and get back.....
Your know, doctors can “fire” patients too; but if they do, they are required to give the patient adequate notice and time to matriculate as the patient of a similarly qualified physician in the same general area, in order to be sure that is is a safe handoff. And they certainly cannot walk out on an operation with the patient cut open on the operating table.
If the doctor does not provide adequate notice and time, it is called “abandonment,” and that can be cause to lose one’s medical license, or potentially even be criminal in some states. Also it can result in damages, lawsuits, etc.
Lawyers exempt themselves from all kinds of things that other professions have to follow (no surprise as they make most the laws), but in any case, I am always amazed that they can just walk out like in this instance on complex clients afflicted with legal issues as serious as any disease, leaving them in legal peril.
That much worse if they are bribed to leave as some seem to be suggesting in this thread.