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Contingency Fees
Point of Law has an interesting blog post on a new study regarding contingency fees. I found two conclusions of interest...

Contingency Fees Revisited
In Re Cogan, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice addressed the issue of contingency legal fees. The lawsuit involved the claim of a minor suffering from cerebral palsy, with the plaintiffs alleging that the obstetrician and nurses attending at the child’s birth were negligent...

Contingency Fees Across the Pond
In Britain, solicitors can take employment cases on a contingency (or, in Brit parlance, "no-win-no-fee") basis. But the Ministry of Justice has announced that there will be a "research based review of the practice" because of "growing concerns that [it]...

Contingency fees for mediators
I have been on this soap box before at Why do so few mediators make any money? and Cheaper is a short term hit, not a long term advantage as well as other posts on this blog...

a big bow to Judge Hellerstein re contingency fees
. . Thank you, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein . . In a post at Overlawyered.com, I learned this morning that Judge Hellerstein, of the Manhattan federal district court, refused last Thursday to approve a legal fee of $7 million for representing four Pentagon workers? families, because it ?would reflect [...

Business Law: Contingency Fees for Litigation
You can see my earlier articles on flat fees here (and here and here), but I have not written about contingency fees in business litigation...

My father recently re-financed his home and was told they would give him $8,000.00 out of their loan origination fees for him to pay his credit cards off. He didn't qualify for any cash out so they were going to take car
Absolutely! I would call a RESPA attorney immediately as soon as you can. They a...

Some elses debt is being reported by a bank to the crecit agencies. They know and have ackowledged it is not mine, yet it is still being listed as mine. it was my son's and no I didn't co-sign. It is adversly
It is easy for the bank and the credit reporting agencies to clear this confusio...

Does a five year old parking ticket need to be paid?
Review the notices you have recieved carefully. There should be information adv...

Can a landlord sue a tenant who signed a lease but never moved into apartment?
OH YEAH?...No way is this jerk landlord gonna sue for a whole year's rent.!...

What does it cost to obtain an E2 Visa?
There is a non-refundable application fee that must be paid by all applicants. I...