Ok legal peeps...

Say you get $100,000 settlement for an car accident.

You are awarded $10,000 Winter's fee (#Hammm? #Mahler?) to help pay legal fees.

Can the attorney take 33+% fee out of THAT??

They can't calculate the Winter's fee until after there is a claim settlement so how is that even legal?

By calling it "money recovered" instead of "settlement"?

Anyone?

*I'm using big round numbers for simplicity

.#fedilaw #fedilegal #asklegalfedi #asklegal #law #LawFedi #law

#legalfedi Looking for some help. I'm trying to get PDFs from the Chu v. Rosa case. does anyone know if there's a good way to get the pdfs without paying an arm and a leg and giving away my first born child?
#fedilegal #lawfedi
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/52034323/Chu_et_al_v_Rosa
Chu et al v. Rosa (1:24-cv-00075), New York Northern District Court

Chu et al v. Rosa (1:24-cv-00075), New York Northern District Court, Filed: 01/17/2024

Cute people in #germany, I want your advice on rent for my friend not on fedi!

*legalese incoming*
If there is a fixed-length residential rent contract for, say,a year, can the user always terminate the contract earlier if they give a notice in 3 months (or other mutually agreed on notice period), or can the contract legally disable this option and force the user to rent the full time anyway.

I have consulted Rent part of BGB but it does not seem to have much about when lessee terminates (not lessor): https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bgb/englisch_bgb.html#p2446

#legal #fediLegal #fediJur
Akkoma

Stuff like this pisses me off. These people already call everything against #Trump a sham. There doesn’t need to be anything that provides them any ammo
https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-indictment-clerk-fani-willis-b39b37731f7f3581a789680802bee45b
#legal #fedilegal
Georgia clerk says 'mishap' caused erroneous release of list of Trump charges

The clerk of the Fulton County, Georgia, court system has acknowledged accidentally releasing what appeared to be a list of criminal charges against Donald Trump before he was actually indicted. In a statement released Tuesday, the clerk's office also sought to deflect blame amid mounting criticism from Republicans who have seized on the blunder to characterize the case as rigged. The statement comes on the heels of confusing comments from the clerk and her office that has fueled speculation about the document published by Reuters Monday afternoon hours before the indictment was handed down charging Trump and 18 allies over efforts to subvert his 2020 election loss.

AP News

Whoa

Opinion written by Mitch McConnell: Neither party can count on the Supreme Court to be its ally

#SCOTUS #LAW #LEGAL #FEDILAW #FEDILEGAL
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/10/mitch-mcconnell-supreme-court-ideology/

Mitch McConnell: Neither party can count on the Supreme Court to be its ally

The escalating attacks from Democrats betray a fundamental misunderstanding of the court’s structure and purpose.

The Washington Post
@micahflee Brilliant list of arguments. Hope that there will be someone to write solid answers to these issues. #fedivers #fedilegal