Loser-Pays makes lawsuits fairer in Europe. It could work in US, too

Re:Loser-Pays makes lawsuits fairer in Europe. It could work... by georgecmu on Thursday October 14, 2010 @10:06PM (#1793416)

I don't think the commenter I replied had these types of cases in mind. I think he meant "We don't get paid unless we get money for you" ambulance chaser type of lawyers.

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Re:Loser-Pays makes lawsuits fairer in Europe. It could work... by joe_the_user on Friday October 15, 2010 @12:04AM (#1793661)

Uh...

1. We're talking about changing laws, so it would affect all lawyers pretty much equally.

2. I don't think any supposed '"We don't get paid unless we get money for you" ambulance chasers' have a lot of cash either.

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Re:Loser-Pays makes lawsuits fairer in Europe. It could work... by georgecmu on Friday October 15, 2010 @11:17PM (#1797231)

1. We're talking about changing laws, so it would affect all lawyers pretty much equally.

Can you elaborate on this point? I don't see how a change in laws must affect all lawyers pretty much equally at all.

2. I don't think any supposed '"We don't get paid unless we get money for you" ambulance chasers' have a lot of cash either.

Seems like they have enough cash to take out huge adverts on TV and in phone books.

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