Topic
Contingency Fee
140 published works
Fennemore
In Collections, He Who Hesitates Is Lost
By Fennemore
A Game Plan for Stopping the Bleeding When it comes to collections, time is not neutral — it is corrosive. Delays can make commercial claims more difficult or expensive to…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Ontario Court of Appeal upholds reduced contingency fee in birth injury settlement
Court says fee reasonableness requires consideration of risks throughout litigation
California Attorney's Fees
Ethics, Retainer Agreements: New California Ethics Opinion Under Consideration Addresses Whether “Conversion Clauses” In Contingency Agreements Are Ethically Permissible
Unfairly Shackling Client On Key Decisions And Unconscionable Arrangements Likely Will Be Under Scrutiny. Although it has not yet been adopted and remains open for public comment, the California State…
New York Business Divorce
Do Contingency Fee Law Firm Partnership Breakups Take the Prize for Most Difficult to Resolve?
One might assume that pending legal matters at the time of a law partnership’s dissolution are firm assets or property. Not so, held the New York Court of Appeals in…
TortsProf Blog
Engstrom on Potential Wildfire Compensation Legislation in California
Nora Freeman Engstrom addresses potential noneconomic damages caps and contingency fee caps in Shadowboxing in Sacramento: Potential Wildfire Legislation--and the Evidence Legislators Should See First.
De Rebus - SA Attorneys' Journal
Justification and calculation of contingency fees
By De Rebus
Picture source: Getty/iStock Section 2(1)(b) of the Contingency Fees Act 66 of 1997 (CFA) provides that a practitioner may agree with a client that he accepts an instruction involving litigation…
Atlanta Injury Attorney Blog
Atlanta Injury Attorney Charging Lower Fees at 25%
Pay Less in Attorney’s Fees With Simon Bridgers Spires Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyers Offering 25% Attorneys Fees for Qualified Pre-Suit Injury Cases Most personal injury law firms in Atlanta charge…
Conflict of Laws .net
Virtual Workshop (in German) on May 5, 2026: Thomas Pfeiffer on „Anwaltliche Erfolgshonorare im Internationalen Privatrecht“
On Tuesday, May 5, 2026, the <a Hamburg Max Planck Institute will host its monthly virtual workshop <a Current Research in Private International Law at 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (CEST). Prof.…
California Accident Attorneys Blog
Uber’s 25% Contingency Fee Cap: How a 2026 California Ballot Initiative Could Block Crash Victims From Hiring an Attorney
Quick Answer (Key Facts at a Glance) What it is: A proposed California constitutional amendment (Initiative #25-0022) backed by Uber would cap personal injury contingency fees at 25% in motor…
De Rebus - SA Attorneys' Journal
Value Added Tax on contingency agreements
By De Rebus
Picture source: Getty/iStock In Masango v Road Accident Fund 2016 (6) SA 508 (GJ); 79 SATC 295 it was held that Value Added Tax (VAT) cannot be claimed on fees…