Sentence examples for amount lawyers from inspiring English sources

Because the settlements are invariably bound by confidentiality agreements, it is impossible to calculate the precise amount lawyers earn in total.

B1 Verdict Could Strain Agency One day after a jury cleared the way for victims of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center to collect money from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the authority's chairman said that the amount lawyers are seeking would force the agency to drastically raise tolls and commuter fares.

There is an exception: The fact that a particular person has hired a particular lawyer and the amount the lawyer is paid are not privileged, he said.

Judge Kaye can reduce the amount, but lawyers for the industry are likely to appeal any award approaching the billions the jury voted for.

Meanwhile, one report has the amount of lawyers' fees paid by ExxonMobil as part of its fight against Valdez lawsuits at around $400 million.

It may take weeks or months before an applicant learns whether his or her mortgage rate will be lowered or the principal amount reduced (lawyers say the latter is less likely).

The Delaware court will ultimately decide on the final amount of lawyers' fees, but the defendants have agreed not to oppose a fee award that does not exceed $22.3 million, plus $200,000 in expenses.

Legislators lifted an old cap on the amount that lawyers could reap from malpractice suits, and some lawmakers said that this gave the doctors enough leverage to block the office-based surgery bill.

However, according to a highly referenced blog post by Brad Feld from 2005 on the subject, "it's a silly and unnecessarily complicated approach that merely increases the amount the lawyers can bill the company for the financing".

Over time, as the amount of lawyers on the site grows, they'll need to bid higher if they want their profiles to show up on the most popular legal topics.

Although the award could make Sue Ann Hamm, 58, one of the 100 wealthiest women in the United States, according to Forbes' rankings, it is far smaller than the amount her lawyers sought and does not require Harold Hamm to sell shares of Continental.