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Article: The 'legal scholars' speak on contingency fees. (President's Page)

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April 1, 1994
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Recently, the New York Times published a story about a proposal to limit contingency fees paid to attorneys who represent injured people. (See Peter Passell, Windfall Fees in Injury Cases under Assault, N.Y. Times, Feb. 11, 1994, at Al.) The following sentence appeared in big, bold type: "A broad group of legal scholars tackle an old fee system."

When I saw the phrase "legal scholars," I assumed that the proponents of change must be genuine experts on contingency fees. Surely, I thought, they must have handled cases involving contingency fees. Surely, they must have represented victims in automobile collision, products liability, and medical negligence cases. ...

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