tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10405089.post114737786628516347..comments2024-03-29T01:59:18.423-06:00Comments on Law Eh? Canadian Law School Blog - Adam Letourneau, QC: Lawyers: Outrageous contingency fees for lawyers?Adam Letourneau, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/You-Want-Lawyer-School-Canada/dp/0973809280/ref=pd_sbs_b?ie=UTF8&qid=1196749814&sr=8-1">So, You Want to be a Lawyer, Eh?</a>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01412047364895691553noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10405089.post-47866274345848513172010-02-15T00:22:40.114-07:002010-02-15T00:22:40.114-07:00The law allows lawyers to manipulate the system an...The law allows lawyers to manipulate the system and take taxpayers money for very little effort. The courts make disputes expensive and costly, and few lawyers question the ethics. It's nice to see an insider question the system which is long overdue for a change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10405089.post-1147538664051864232006-05-13T10:44:00.000-06:002006-05-13T10:44:00.000-06:00I seriously don't want to come off as being rude, ...I seriously don't want to come off as being rude, but you seem rather fixated on the number itself; yes -it is clearly a lot of money, but I don't think that there is necessarily a problem with it.<BR/><BR/>Consider: What would have occured had no contingency-based arrangements been permitted? Would the plaintiffs have recieved a settlement at all? It seems likely to me that the costs of bringing an action would have been prohibitive for the class in the absence of contingency arrangements.<BR/><BR/>Inevitably, contingency arrangements usually mean that a successful plaintiff (or class of plaintiffs) will recieve less than they would have otherwise, if successful... but it also means that (1) they have less to lose if unsuccessful, and (2) that actions that would not otherwise get brought will in fact be brought.<BR/><BR/>Finally, I just took Civ Pro and our professor was insistent on saying that class actions NEVER (well, I suppose, almost never) go to court; they are always settled. Once a class is certified, the battle is essentially over since certification amounts to the judge saying "we know you screwed over all these people" to the defendant; thus the battle is in getting certified.<BR/><BR/>That said, you migh be right that the lawyers kept too much in this specific instance; I dont know enough about the typical margins to comment.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064393414273863959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10405089.post-1147461334956680292006-05-12T13:15:00.000-06:002006-05-12T13:15:00.000-06:00http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/story/mb-residential-sc...http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/story/mb-residential-school-20060512.htmljarvis666https://www.blogger.com/profile/17226050917732508367noreply@blogger.com