A theoretical economic analysis that compares the influence of five attorney fee rules on litigants' financial incentives: the American rule, the English rule, statutory provisions allowing recovery by prevailing plaintiffs, contingent fee arrangements, and an offer-of-judgment rule.
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The Influence of Rules Respecting Recovery of Attorneys' Fees on Settlement of Civil Cases
January 1, 1984
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