Sentences with phrase «of unreasonable fees»

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«It is unreasonable and sheer waste of funds to pay any agent five percent, whistleblowing fee for the phantom recovery of genuine NNPC funds which had been disclosed to the presidency, CBN and other relevant stakeholders.

The PPP, among other things, was seeking a declaration that Regulation 45 of C.I. 94 which allows the EC to fix an amount as filing fee is discriminatory, arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable.

Even taking into account both fees, that makes our average «cost» about $ 30 per book / audiobook, which since many of them are only in hardback release currently, isn't an entirely unreasonable cost.

We offer one of the cheapest APRs on the market, and avoid unreasonable fees and charges.

While all lending institutions charge for their services, paying thousands of dollars over the purchase option fee to buy a leased vehicle is usually unreasonable.

Beware of predatory lenders - Some subprime lenders may try and take advantage of high risk borrowers by charging excessive fees and unreasonable interest rates.

In the long run, their return is lower than reasonable, as lower as the unreasonable portion of the fee.

Beware of predatory lenders - Some subprime lenders take advantage of high risk borrowers by charging excessive fees and unreasonable interest rates.

If your lender asks for a fee that seems unreasonable ($ 1,000 or more), compare their costs to the cost of a traditional refinance with our lenders.

In Argo's case, I address the slippage in AUM in the past couple of years by: i) haircutting my valuation of the asset management business to 3.75 % of AUM (if AUM were increasing steadily & incentive fees being earned, a valuation of 7.5 % or even 10 % of AUM wdn't be unreasonable, considering Argo's fee structure, and ii) calling for more resources to be devoted to fund - raising, and other alternative revenue / fee sources (for example, like white - label & sub-advisory contracts) to be explored — see here: https://wexboy.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/argo-escape-from-an-evil-state/

After witnessing firsthand the often misaligned values of financial advisors and their clients, combined with too high minimum investment amounts, and unreasonable fees the idea for WiseBanyan was born.

2.75 % is unreasonable for any mutual fund, but a group plan should have leverage due to the size of the plan to try to negotiate lower fees than what a retail investor would normally pay.

Asking someone to pay an adoption fee of less than $ 100 for a fully - vetted dog is NOT unreasonable.

The result of this is a threefold whammy: 1) unlicensed activities continue at the same rate (or increase as the human population increases); 2) a significant number of pet owners who want to be law - abiding citizens give up banned breeds, quit feeding neighborhood cats or terminate valuable breeding programs rather than operate illegally or cope with unreasonable laws and increased fees; and 3) because demand for many beloved breeds does not decline when a law is passed, people who know little about breeds or breeding move into the void to fill demand.

But, also, many of Amex's partners fall below the 1 cent threshold, because of the excise fee, poor point value or an unreasonable transfer ratio.

A precedent - setting decision at the Ontario Court of Appeal this week strikes at the heart of client concerns over the abuse of billable hours, and provides a legal framework by which clients might be able to reject law firm fees considered excessive or unreasonable.

The implications for the bar is that where a lawyer charges a contingency fee as a percentage of a settlement which does not have a relationship to the work done, the difficulty of the file, the skill involved, or the experience of counsel, they should be aware that the fee may come under scrutiny and found to be unreasonable given the professional relationship between the lawyer and client.

Charge too much and your client might feel taken advantage of, in addition to whatever ethical pitfalls you might run into for setting unreasonable fees.

Importantly, there is no presumption of fees when a losing party has made an objectively unreasonable argument, nor does a losing party's objectively reasonable litigating position bar the imposition of a fee award.

F. Award to Petitioner * reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred herein; OR Order that each party shall be solely responsible for their own attorney fees and costs except that if Respondent takes any unreasonable positions in this matter, Petitioner shall be entitled to an award of his / her attorney fees and costs; and G. Grant other such relief as the Court deems just and proper under the circumstances.

Questions about the validity of your invoices can lead to ethical issues related to charging unreasonable fees.

Are they so satisifed with their attorneys or so enamored of the big - firm brand that they are willing to pay fees that some lawyers have questioned as unreasonable?

Having said that, when does a mark - up become unreasonable within the meaning of the Code of Professional Responsibility's requirement that lawyers charge «reasonable fees»?

Those are some of the issues raised by this story, Attorneys $ 2 Million 9/11 Fee Called Shocking and Unreasonable and discussed in my post over at My Shingle.

Tenant requested attorney's fees based on a $ 150,000 lodestar but the trial judge awarded only $ 10,000 after observing that there were questionable billing practices by the prevailing party's attorneys, only about $ 25,000 in claims were involved on both sides, tenant was unsuccessful on some claims, and there were contentious skirmishes of an unreasonable nature.

So how do we currently address the prospect of unfair and unreasonable contingent fees?

A $ 2,500 flat fee (or an availability retainer, for that matter) is not necessarily unreasonable, even if it only results in 3.7 hours of work.

STANLEY BURNTON LJ: The issues for determination were: (i) whether the rule requiring payment of the standard case fee was unreasonable and unlawful; (ii) whether or not the ombudsman was under an obligation to consider dismissal of all complaints under DISP 3.3; (iii) whether the ombudsman could lawfully delegate consideration and exercise of the power under DISP 3.3 to a suitably qualified member of staff; (iv) whether the district judge had been entitled to find that each of the complaints had been considered for summary dismissal, albeit by a consumer consultant; (v) if a complaint was not lawfully considered for summary dismissal, and as a result was investigated, and after investigation determined by the ombudsman adversely to the complainant, whether the firm was nonetheless liable to pay the standard case fee; and (vi) whether the answer to (v) depended on whether the complaint should have been dismissed under DISP 3.3.

As the article describes, Daniel Elia, a former disgruntled client of Buffalo based law firm, Damon & Morey has created a website, damon-moreymisconduct.com, to broadcast Elia's complaints about the firm's alleged misconduct, such as charging unreasonable fees and failing to disclose a conflict of interest when the firm represented Elia and one of his creditors in a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy case.

The district judge found that the requirement of payment of the standard case fee was unreasonable and unlawful.

It would be unreasonable to spend $ 44,882 for two ringside tickets to the Pacquiao - Mayweather fight to entertain a client who will pay a maximum of $ 10,000 in legal fees with no expectation of future business or referrals.

The marketplace will help guard against this problem in the first place, and the lawyer having the obligation not to accept unreasonable fees provides an additional layer of protection.

Read this quote about the Supreme Court of Kansas: «In that way, the Court effectively held as a matter of law that it is professional misconduct for a lawyer to «round up» a time entry, and thereby charge the client for more time than the lawyer actually devoted to the particular task, regardless of whether the dollar amount of the resulting charge (or the total fee) is reasonable or unreasonable.»»

The plaintiffs» lawyers, led by Alan Gura of Alexandria, Va.'s Gura & Possessky, said a review of the records will undercut the government's argument that the plaintiffs» petition for more than $ 3.1 million in fees is unreasonable.

In respect of all Associates, excluding Quebec, the claim seeks damages for excessive charges by Shoppers Drug Mart in respect of cost recovery fees and equipment rentals and leasing, as well as commercially unreasonable procurement and inventory policies.

They claimed Bolt Burdon was not an «effective cause» of the offer, the firm had incorrectly portrayed the claim as hopeless, and the contingency fee agreement was unfair and unreasonable under the Solicitors Act 1974.

There simply is not time to micromanage every aspect of acase, and todo so would impose unreasonable fees on the client.

The Chicago personal injury lawyers here at Malman Law strive to deliver solid strategies and solutions for victims of unreasonable restraint, and we provide a zero fee guarantee and a 24X7 hotline for potential claimants.

Modifications sought by a lawyer that change the basic nature of a fee arrangement or significantly increase the lawyer's compensation absent an unanticipated change in circumstances ordinarily will be unreasonable.

HYPO # 5: A client filed a grievance against me, and is claiming that my $ 15,000 flat fee to defend a small business owner against a lawsuit by a former employee was unreasonable when I managed to resolve the case with a letter and a couple of phone calls.

As we mentioned above, one of the key changes the bill would make is allowing courts to force plaintiffs to pay defendants» legal costs for unreasonable infringement suits (fee shifting).

For most areas of family law there is no risk of a costs award being made, but if you take an unreasonable position on interim maintenance, you could find yourself not only having to pay interim maintenance but also all the legal fees associated with the application.

In other cases, if one person has an unreasonable position, or hires a lawyer that is overly - aggressive and submits a mountain of discovery requests, this will certainly increase your legal fees, especially under the hourly billing model.

The National Association deems any initiation fee in excess of three times the amount of the annual rates of dues, including state and national, to be unreasonable and therefore inequitable.

The initiation fee, if any, charged by a Board must not constitute unreasonable barrier to membership of a person otherwise qualified.

Earlier this year, Florida REALTORS ® rallied to support legislation that reigned in unreasonable fees that some association management companies were charging for estoppel certificates (a snapshot statement of the fees or assessments a seller may owe their HOA).

The trial court had ruled that the Photographer's filing a lawsuit against the MLS before notifying the MLS of her claims was «objectively unreasonable» and awarded the attorney's fees to deter copyright holders from filing suit without attempting to resolve the dispute outside of court.

In Pope v. Mississippi Real Estate Commission, the Fifth Circuit applied the Rule of Reason Test to determine that membership fees based on the number of agents within a real estate agency did not establish an unreasonable entry barrier to the MLS operated by the Board of REALTORS ®.