Insurance companies often face attorney's fees claims which are submitted with breathtaking rates. Sometimes Judges acquiesce in high attorney's hourly rates. From the insurance companies' perspective, it sometimes seems as though they are made to pay attorney's fee rates simply because they can appropriate the money to pay. See the previous posts in the category of "Attorney's Fees," on this very blog.
The Republican leadership of the Florida Senate is paying a Miami lawyer $695.00 an hour. The Florida Senate retained his legal services to represent the Florida Senate's side of the argument in a legislative redistricting-gerrymandering contest. Mary Ellen Klas, "Florida Supreme Court Justices Raise Doubts About Arguments Against Senate's Redrawn Map" (Tampa Bay Times Online, posted Friday, April 20, 2012).
Attorney's fee bills. What are you gonna do?
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Posted by: Tom Henry | June 22, 2012 at 02:56 AM