#fee agreements

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Florida Third District Court of Appeal invalidates arbitration provision and fee agreement because of a violation of the Florida Bar Rules

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Florida Third District Court of Appeal opinion which invalidated the arbitration provision in a fee agreement (and the fee agreement itself) because of a violation of Florida Bar Rule 4-1.5(i).  The case is Labelle v. Berenson LLP, 2023 Fla. App. LEXIS 8693 (December 26, 2023). In this case, the plaintiff/client…

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"Fees Fi Fo Fum:" Part 4 - Fees Flatter Than a Pancake

“Fees Fi Fo Fum:” Part 4 – Fees Flatter Than a Pancake

We’ve reached the end of the road in the discussion of fee arrangements popular among attorneys here at Lawyers & Liquor.  So far we’ve covered three topics: that impending death of indigent representation with the proposed defunding of the Legal Services Corporation, the soul-sucking nature of the billable hour, the questionable concept of contingent fees, and now we’re moving on to the final…

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"Fees Fi Fo Fum": Part 3 - My Contingent Fee and Me!

“Fees Fi Fo Fum”: Part 3 – My Contingent Fee and Me!

Welcome to Part 3 of talking about fees here on Lawyers & Liquor, where we endeavor to provide the best in profane prose about the legal profession to both the laity and those who are damn near laity, the baby lawyers and law students.  Over the past couple posts, prior to our brief break for a sojourn into the land of the furry animal people on Friday, I’ve been talking my way through lawyer…

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Champerty Champions: Betting on Litigation

Champerty Champions: Betting on Litigation

I think I mentioned before that I’m the son of a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney.  Essentially, growing up, this meant my family’s fortune was pinned onto the misfortune of others.  Paying a water bill for my father wasn’t a matter of billing time so much as it was a matter of hoping someone got bit by the neighbor’s dog or t-boned by a semi truck.  There were Christmas’s where a wrongful…

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