An edition of Lawyer barons
(2011)
Lawyer barons
what their contingency fees really cost America
by Lester Brickman
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Torts, Lawyers, Fees, Lawyers, fees, Lawyers, united states, Contingent feesPlaces
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Lawyer barons: what their contingency fees really cost America
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English
1107001226 9781107001220
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Table of Contents
The origin of the contingency fee
How profitable are contingency fees?
Are contingency fee profits "reasonable"?
How tort lawyers have increased their profits by restraining competition
Why the market has failed to correct the absence of price competition
Impediments imposed by the bar to price competition
The effects of incentives created by contingency fees
How the quest for profits influenced the development of the tort system
Lawyers' role in the expansion of tort liability
The role of the judiciary in tort system expansion
Current and future expansions of tort liability
The "litigation explosion" : fact or fiction?
Measures of the rate of expansion of tort liability
The relationship between injury rates and tort system costs
The impacts of substantial increases in tort lawyers' effective hourly rates
Class actions
Fees in class actions
How class action lawyers game fee setting
Securities class actions
Regulation through litigation
A new role for punitive damages : policy making as a profit center
For-profit partnerships between state attorneys general and contingency fee lawyers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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