BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced a $100,000 joint disposition agreement on Friday with a lobbying firm that allegedly profited from an inappropriate ...

K L Sanchez Law Office, P.C. QUEENS, NY – Personal injury victims in Queens often face significant financial barriers when seeking legal representation, particularly when dealing with unexpected ...

A firm handling a false-claims suit that yielded a $12.6 million settlement may collect fees due via the client's contingency agreement as well as those payable by statute by the other party, a ...

A contingency fee or contingent fee is common in personal injury lawsuits, because those cases usually involve a monetary value. There is a settlement or a judgment that can be anticipated, and the ...

Cravath, Swaine & Moore attorneys are entitled to a nearly $75 million shifted contingency fee, Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III decided Thursday. Glasscock found Cravath is entitled to 15% of the ...

(Reuters) - Who says contingency fees are only for plaintiffs' firms? Glasscock said Cravath’s $47 million lodestar was not unreasonable, given that Williams’ evidentiary burden was much heavier than ...

The dispute over the proper taxation of contingency fees paid to an attorney continues. Several circuit courts have maintained the amounts were not taxable. A recent case expanded the exclusion.

Hiring a lawyer can cost a lot. Many people worry about what happens if their attorney loses the case. Most personal injury lawyers work on a contingency fee basis. This means they only get paid if ...

SHAFTSBURY — The Select Board voted to enter into a contingent fee agreement with two law firms to represent the town in any forthcoming litigation regarding PFAS contamination. The firms are Barr ...

The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility (the "Committee") has issued a formal opinion analyzing a successor counsel's obligations under ABA Model Rules of Professional ...