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Old Apr 19, 2017, 7:42 am
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spin88
 
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Originally Posted by alanslegal
I stand corrected then. My experience is not in the US but here where we can recover party / party costs or have costs ordered against a party. I just thought it would be fair to be able to recover your legal fees, especially if you are on the 'winning' side. Also we are not allowed to charge a % of any settlement/award/order though some days I wish we were.
I don't know what Tom Demetreo is putting in his ARAs right now, but my guess is he is getting at least 40%.
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