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Fourth Circuit Remands Case That Slashed Contingent Fee

The Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ordered a district judge to re-consider the fee to be awarded to plaintiff’s counsel in a personal injury case that resulted in a $18M dollar settlement.  The district court had cut the fee from $6M to $600,000. The appellate court concluded that…

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Senate Defeats Effort To Limit Access to the Courthouse by Medical Malpractice Victims

Senator Ensign (R-Nevada) introduced an amendment to limit contingent fees in medical malpractice cases.  The Senator attempted to attached the language to amendment SA 2786 to H.R. 3590, which is intended to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of…

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