We are a nation of laws and at times we all need a lawyer. We may need a special kind of lawyer for criminal defense, divorce, an accident or real estate deal. We need a Will, face a worker’s comp ...

There's a fine line between contingency work and litigation finance. That's one of the messages that kept emerging in a discussion yesterday in the second annual LF Dealmakers Forum in New York. It ...

The court's decision in A.W. v Mount Holly Bd. Of Ed. is an important reaffirmation that the bargaining power between lawyer and client is often uneven, and as a consequence the fee charged is always ...

The Rules of Professional Conduct — the ethical rules governing the legal profession — define a contingent fee as “a fee for legal services under which compensation is to be contingent in whole or in ...

In the last decade, a substantial market has begun to develop for contingent fee representation in patent litigation. Wiley Rein — a traditional general practice law firm with hundreds of attorneys ...

One hallmark of Herb Jacob's analyses of criminal courts-extensive consideration of the interaction among actors-was less pronounced in his work on civil justice, which was more focused on ...

An Ontario law professor has conducted a study in which he concludes that contingency fee arrangements are a better deal for lawyers than their clients. It’s bound to be a controversial report. Allan ...