Zdeněk Altner (3 October 1947 – 7 November 2016) was a Czech lawyer and advocate.

Career

Altner is known for filing a suit against the

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(ČSSD) regarding their non-payment of fees owed for services rendered in a dispute over the ownership of the party headquarters in 2001. Altner said he should receive 165 million

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(3.3 million Euros) for the job. ČSSD didn't pay the bill, and with fines and late-payment penalties, the amount of the debt rose to almost 20 billion Kč. The high penalty was disputed by ČSSD leader

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, who offered 4.4 million Euros as a settlement.

References

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