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 ...

Attorneys bringing personal injury and other suits on a contingency fee basis often face bankruptcy-related issues. A defendant may be insolvent, a bankruptcy trustee may assert an insurance policy is ...

(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 ...

Contingency fee multipliers increase attorney fee awards substantially. The general custom in American law is that each party is responsible for his or her own attorney’s fees, regardless of the ...

A facial challenge to Delaware’s use of contingency-fee unclaimed property auditors has been given new life by a federal appellate court, which held that the arrangement is subject to due process ...

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William B. Lewis, Morgan & Morgan partner in West Palm Beach and Benjamin A. Webster, Morgan & Morgan attorney in Orlando. With the recent economic downturn forcing businesses to conserve capital, ...

Taxpayers often hire an attorney on a contingent fee basis. If the recovery is taxable, the attorney fee is deductible. Because of the interaction between regular tax and alternative minimum tax rules ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Business expenses have to be ordinary and necessary to be tax ...

The move by the Internal Revenue Service to further limit contingent fees for Circular 230 tax practitioners has drawn opposition from virtually every group of tax professionals.Representatives from ...