Sentences with phrase «limit on the contingency fees»

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

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.