Sentences with phrase «limit on the contingency»

Ever notice that statutory limits on contingency fees are never pushed by everyday Americans who use contingency fee attorneys, but rather by special interest lobby groups representing those who get sued?

The bill places a tiered limit on the contingency fees that may be paid to outside council.

Moreover, says the study, «Statutory limits on contingency fees, which are essentially government - imposed wage and price controls, interfere directly with the contractual arrangements between people and their own attorneys and turn a free - market approach to providing legal representation into a botched system of government regulation that harms injured victims» quest for justice.»

Not exact matches

He has admitted that the U.K. is preparing contingency plans in case it doesn't reach an agreement with the EU within the two - year time limit set on the talks.

His research focuses on the uses and limits of scenario and gaming methods, as well as of analogies in previous debates on emerging technologies, to explore potential future contingencies in climate engineering.

Successfully represented a personnel placement company in a commission dispute with a former employee, securing a state court decision that limited the reach of the Massachusetts Wage Act when payment is based on contingencies (2001 WL 716911)

In Revised Formal Opinion 31 (1988), the CBA's Committee on Professional Ethics addressed the limits on a Connecticut law firm's common law right to a «retaining» lien — to secure fees — on the file of a contingency fee client who has discharged the firm in favor of another firm.

Contains tiered limits on the aggregate contingency fees that the private attorneys are allowed to receive from the state.

Too few legitimate cases make it to court for all kinds of reasons, including not only limits on state AG's ability to hire contingency fee attorneys but also the hundreds if not thousands of so - called «tort reforms» that have passed since the 1980s.

Only very limited guidance is presently available on the application of the 6th edition, with Connor v Bradman [2007] EWHC 2789, [2007] All ER (D) 495 (Nov) the only reported authority at the time of writing to consider the new method of discounting claims for loss of earnings for contingencies other than mortality.