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Contingency Fee
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The Contingency
F/k/a Attacks!
Blawgletter had the pleasure yesterday of alerting our gentle readers (Uniform Rates -- Bah!) to a blog we hadn't seen before -- the inimitable f/k/a, by David Giacalone. The post,…
The Contingency
Uniform Rates — Bah!
Google this. Blawgletter gets as-they-happen Google Alerts by email. You might consider it too. Don't cost nothin'. Our Alerts include items that mention "contingent fee" (or its yokely doppelganger, "contingency…
Litigation & Trial
Trial Lawyer Tip: Don’t Take Losers
There I was, reading an ABA Journal article on how Stephen Susman, contingent-fee business trial lawyer extraordinaire, green with envy, when I spotted this gem:Every lawyer in the firm votes…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Behavioral Economics Research on Contingency Fees
By joetort
Point of Law's Marie Gryphon has a post, Contentious Contingent Fees Research, that discusses recent behavioral economics research by Eyal Zamir and Ilana Ritov on the subject.BGS
Legal Ease Blog
High Legal Fees May Not Be Unconscionable
By Allison Johs
An article which appeared in The New York Law Journal (coming to me via yesterday's New York Lawyer) revisits an issue near and dear to lawyers' hearts - their fees.…
Litigation & Trial
More Wealthy, Well-Advised Suckers
Hot on the heels of a billionaire who didn't understand his settlement comes the widow of a fantastically wealthy real estate developer who also didn't understand her fee agreement or…
Legal Profession Blog
Nice Work If You Can Get It
A law firm that had been paid over $18 million in legal fees on an hourly basis in an estate matter negotiated a 40% contingency fee agreement after the client…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Agent’s power to sue for sums due allowed the hiring of an attorney on a contingent fee basis
The alleged tortfeasor contended that the injured party’s agent did not have the authority to bring suit on the principal’s behalf and to hire an attorney to pursue the claim.In…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Quantum Meruit and the Possibility of Big Recovery in Attorney Fees
An attorney may be fired for any reason at any time; this is the rule in NY as well, apparently in California. In this case, Mardirossian & Associates, Inc. v.…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Lack of Retainer Dooms Fees Beyond Contingency
Anthony Lin in the NYLJ reports that a law firm which was successful in a $1.2 million dollar assault case may only take its 1/3 contingency fee. It had charged…