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April 02, 2007


Contingency fees lure business firms

Per the WSJ (via Childs), "Traditionally, the nation's top corporate law firms have shunned contingency-fee work -- often cases that target big corporations for punitive damages -- for fear of alienating their core clients. But driven by pressure to boost profits, more such firms are crossing over to what some lawyers call the 'dark side.'"

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