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Contingency Fee
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Cooking with SALT
Mississippi Authorizes Contingent-Fee Tax Head Hunters
Department of Revenue Now Authorized to Hire Auditors and Expert Witnesses on Contingency Fees $1,000,000 Appropriation to Fund Contingency Contracts RFPs Quickly Issued for Transfer Pricing Audits and Underreported Cash…
New York Trusts & Estates Litigation
Contingency Fees – Size Matters
While the Court of Appeals last year upheld the validity of contingency fee agreements in estate matters, particularly in litigation, where it approved contingency fees of over forty million dollars…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Are Contingency Fees for Insurance Appraisers Permitted in Georgia?
This question was recently posed to my firm from an appraiser in Georgia. Unfortunately, there is no clear answer. I have to respond with the typical lawyerly answer of “it…
Blaneys Appeals
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (NOV 9-13, 2015)
Hello everyone, The Court of Appeal released a number of civil decisions this week. Topics include whether an assessment officer has the jurisdiction to rule on the enforceability of a…
Business of Law
LXBN Leaders: As Barry Barnett Demonstrates – in Blogging, Respecting the Audience is Key
As a high-level litigator, Barry Barnett knows the value of time. So he’s careful not to waste it for his audience. “The respect for the people as individuals is essential,…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
Specific Performance v. Money Damages: The Importance of Attorney Fees
Yonathan A. Arbel's “Contract Remedies in Action: Specific Performance” (not up on the web yet, it seems. An idea in the paper that particularly caught my attention was this:"Many contract…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
What is included, and not included, in a work injury attorney’s fee
By Mike Helfand
Workers’ compensation attorneys charge a contingency fee, which means that they only get paid if they’re successful in getting you a settlement or a recovery after trial. This means that…
Legal Profession Blog
Oversight Does Not Extinguish Fee Claim In Lawyer-Lawyer Dispute
If you are a New York attorney and wish to be paid under a contingency fee agreement in a medical malpractice action, it is prudent to file the agreement with…
Legal Ethics Forum
Nora Freeman Engstrom, “Attorney Advertising and the Contingency Fee Cost Paradox”
Article. Abstract: It has long been taken as gospel that attorney advertising drives down the cost of legal services. The Supreme Court assumed it when first permitting attorney advertising in…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
Judge Primeaux Covers Forbes v. St. Martin Decision
I have had several requests for a post about the Court of Appeals' decision in Forbes v. St. Martin. In the decision, the court voided a contingency contract where the…