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Tag Archives: adhesion contracts
Got Rats?: Panicked parish signs lopsided fee agreement
Remember the Pied Piper of Hamelin? He made a deal to rid Hamelin of rats, but the village didn’t pay, so he used his magic pipe to kidnap all the town’s children. Here’s a story about a Louisiana parish ravaged … Continue reading
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Tagged adhesion contracts, attorney selection, Billing Agreements, Civilian's Guide to Lawyers, Contingent Fees, hiring lawyer, legal bill review, legal ethics, legal fee, Legal Fees: Law & Management, litigation, nuisance suits
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Home Sweet Home: Homeowner Association bankrupts itself over political signage
Here’s a story about a homeowner’s association that didn’t like one owner’s decision to display a political poster supporting President Obama, in the 2008 election, that led to a civil suit that was still alive through the 2012 election. Supposedly … Continue reading
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Tagged adhesion contracts, Civilian's Guide to Lawyers, Legal Fees: Law & Management, litigation, nuisance suits
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Privateers: States pay absurdly disproportionate bounties for private lawyers
A side effect of limiting the direct protection of consumers by government agencies — remember the FTC? — is a cottage industry of plaintiff law firms raking in billions in legal fees for doing little or no productive work to … Continue reading
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Tagged adhesion contracts, Alternative legal fees, Billing Agreements, Civilian's Guide to Lawyers, class action, Consumer litigation, Contingent Fees, legal bill review, legal fees, Legal Fees: Law & Management, litigation, nuisance suits
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Pick Your Forum: Arbitration can be a risky alternative to court
Here’s a little note for people thinking about putting a mandatory arbitration clause into a contract. We’ve had lots of posts already about arbitration, but here’s a different perspective. Mandatory arbitration, which is religiously enforced by the courts these days, … Continue reading
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Tagged adhesion contracts, arbitration, Civilian's Guide to Lawyers, judge, legal fees, Legal Fees: Law & Management, litigation
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Advance To The Rear: Lawsuit advances may leave plaintiffs behind
You may have noticed the TV commercials promising to advance money to plaintiffs in personal injury cases before their case is settled (or, very rarely, taken to trial). The basic deal is that the plaintiff gets money early in the … Continue reading
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Tagged adhesion contracts, Billing Agreements, Civilian's Guide to Lawyers, Contingent Fees, legal ethics, Legal Fees: Law & Management, litigation
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Arbitrary Justice: Growing pains for alternative dispute resolution
A few decades ago arbitration — until then a fairly rare replacement to court room litigation — became a recognized change of pace from slow, expensive, and somewhat random litigation (especially with complex or highly technical subjects, like scientific or … Continue reading
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Tagged adhesion contracts, Alternative legal fees, arbitration, attorney selection, Civilian's Guide to Lawyers, class action, Consumer litigation, Legal Fees: Law & Management, litigation
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Sticky Business: Non-negotiable adhesion contract arms race
It seems you can’t buy, rent, visit, watch, or use anything these days without signing something, or at least being told that your keystroke, unwrapping, click, inaction, action, or slightest twitch constitutes your solemn “agreement” to some sort of farcical … Continue reading
Posted in All CGL, Civilian's Guide to Lawyers, Client Tips, Devil's Advocate, Legal Commentary, Legal News Notes
Tagged adhesion contracts, arbitration, Billing Agreements, Civilian's Guide to Lawyers, Consumer litigation, form contracts, indemnity, Misc
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Strategic Withdrawal: What if your lawyer wants to cut and run?
Here’s an extreme example of how it’s the collateral impact of litigation that tends to dictate its course once the first few rounds of motions and discovery and other nonsense, coupled with lax judicial management, strip away progress on the … Continue reading →