S 2663. (Consumer Product Safety Commission overhaul) Motion to kill an amendment that would prohibit state attorneys general from paying outside lawyers contingency fees in certain product safety cases/On the motion
senate Roll Call 39
Mar 05, 2008
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This vote was on a motion to kill an amendment by John Cornyn, R-Texas, that would prohibit state attorneys general from paying private lawyers contingency fees as part of federal consumer product safety cases. A lawyer who works on a case with a contingency fee means that, in essence, the lawyer has agreed to take a portion of any judgment paid out as a result of the case as payment for his services. The amendment was offered to a bill that would overhaul the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). |
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