Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
May 31, 2019
‘Unconscionable’ legal fees under California’s new rules
California’s new Rules of Professional Conduct, effective Nov. 1, 2018, put new two factors at the top of the list of 13 elements for evaluating fees that seem to slant the process in favor of clients in all fee disputes. Upon closer look at new Rule 1.5 Fees for Legal Services (formerly Rule 4-200), this turns out not to be so.
California's new Rules of Professional Conduct, effective Nov. 1, 2018, put new two factors at the top of the list of 13 elements for evaluating fees that seem to slant the process in favor of clients in all fee disputes. Upon closer look at new Rule 1.5 Fees for Legal Services (formerly Rule 4-200), this turns out not to be so.
Unconscionable Fees
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