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Contingency Fee
140 published works
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
What you need to know about attorney fees in work injury cases
By Mike Helfand
There are two important things to know about attorney fees in workers’ compensation cases. The first is that Illinois law limits an attorney’s fee to 20% in these cases. This…
LawSites
Auction Site Lets Lawyers Bid on Contingency Cases
Reverse-auction websites where lawyers bid on cases posted by potential clients are nothing new. I've written here before about sites such as Shpoonkle and the now-defunct sites Tip-Mart.com and LawyerQuotesFast.com. Now…
Legal Profession Blog
Accusations Of Misconduct Does Not Impress Court
The North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part a trial court's disposition of a fight between a law firm and a departing attorney over contingency…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
Are “discharge clauses” in probate contingency fee agreements enforceable?
The Florida Bar ethics rules governing contingent fee agreements are found in Rule 4-1.5(f). Other than in divorce and criminal-defense cases [Rule 4-1.5(f)(3)], contingent fees are acceptable in any form…
Class Action Countermeasures
Are Class Action Lawyers Paid Too Little? Lester Brickman Laughs (Book Review – Lawyer Barons)
By The Editors
Cardozo law professor Lester Brickman has been a longtime critic of the contingency fee system. So it's no surprise that his latest work, Lawyer Barons: What Their Contingency Fees Really…
Social Security Disability Lawyer Blog
Social Security Disability and Contingency Fees
By Gordon Gates
Some Social Security disability claimants do not hire a lawyer because they believe they cannot afford one. However, the SSA-approved contingency fee process means that it does not cost a…
SALT Shaker
City’s Contingency Fee Tax Collector Cannot Hide Behind Tax Injunction Act
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee recently upheld a class action lawsuit against an out-of-state law firm that the city of Memphis, Tennessee, hired to collect…
TortsProf Blog
Tuesdays with Tort Masters: Lester Brickman
Lester Brickman is a Professor of Law and former Acting Dean at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he teaches contracts and legal ethics. He has written extensively…
TortsProf Blog
Brickman’s “Lawyer Barons”
Lawyer Barons: What Their Contingency Fees Really Cost America by Professor Lester Brickman (Cardozo) has hit the shelves. From the publisher:This book is a broad and deep inquiry into how contingency…
Florida Insurance Blog
Client Awarded Fees Against Public Adjuster
By Mark Nation
In Point East Four Condominium Corporation, Inc., ____ So.3d ____ (Fla. 4th DCA 2010), a public adjuster sued his client for payment of its 10% contingency fee. The client defended…