Contincency Fee Counsel

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline, By John H. O'Brien) - The California Supreme Court has decided its stance on contingency fee agreements between public entities and private attorneys should be loosened.

An opinion released Monday in a group of paint companies' challenge to a public nuisance lawsuit filed by several California counties and cities says the case differs from a previous one banning such agreements because it is a civil case.  Read More »

As previously reported, on March 4, David Axelrad of Horvitz Levy LLP filed with the California Supreme Court a Request for Depublication of the Priceline decision. Quite unexpectedly, the Court took the unusual step of, on its own motion, granting review of Priceline.  Read More »