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Attorney fees

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000611

The payment for legal services rendered by a lawyer or law firm, calculated in several ways. Fees are structured as a flat rate for a specific service, an hourly rate for time spent, or a contingency fee based on a percentage of the recovery in a case. Under the American Rule, each party in a lawsuit pays its own attorney fees, regardless of the outcome, unless a statute or contract provides otherwise.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000611
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000611",
  "term": "Attorney fees",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The payment for legal services rendered by a lawyer or law firm, calculated in several ways. Fees are structured as a flat rate for a specific service, an hourly rate for time spent, or a contingency fee based on a percentage of the recovery in a case. Under the American Rule, each party in a lawsuit pays its own attorney fees, regardless of the outcome, unless a statute or contract provides otherwise.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/attorney-fees/"
}

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