In a typical contingency fee arrangement, the successful attorney receives a percentage of "all sums recovered" by his or her client in a dispute or litigation ...

The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently dealt Big Pharma another blow as it challenges the government's practice of hiring attorneys on a contingency fee basis in litigation accusing the companies of ...

In litigation, most funding methods create a tension between the interests of the lawyer and the interests of the client. Even the most traditional form of ordinary private retainer creates a conflict ...

Once deemed unlawful, damages-based agreements have a chequered past. Greg Cox asks whether Jacksons contingency fees stand to change the PI costs culture Contingency fees (or damages-based agreements ...

[This article is the fourth part of a series looking at the legal issues raised in Parallel Networks v. Jenner & Block, a case for which petition for writ of certiorari has been filed at the U.S.

(Reuters) - The academic debate about whether judges overseeing multidistrict litigation have the power to cap fees for lawyers who signed individual contingency fee contracts with the clients is ...

In proceedings arising from a medical malpractice claim, the Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed a law firm’s appeal upon finding no error in a motion judge’s ...