In most American lawsuits, each side pays for its own lawyers whether they win or lose.
JPMorgan, the attorney general said, took shortcuts when filing thousands of lawsuits each month to collect soured credit card debt.
For about three years, between January 2008 and April 2011, JPMorgan filed thousands of lawsuits each month to collect soured credit card debt, Ms. Harris said.
The figure was derived from the average amount the city has paid in lawsuits each year over the last three years, officials said.
In addition, ACA International wants regulators to specify precise language that debt collectors may use when leaving a voice message, something that is now the subject of thousands of lawsuits each year against the industry.
Even during normal times, Tab Turner is an incredibly busy man, a product-liability lawyer who has grown rich by specializing in sport utility vehicle rollover cases, who files scores of lawsuits each year against auto manufacturers.
It is the subject of two lawsuits, each challenging the City of Little Rock's role in buying and clearing the land for the center, on 27.7 acres of dilapidated riverfront.
The lawsuits, each seeking $4 million, were filed in federal court in Manhattan less than two months after it was disclosed John and Patsy Ramsey had settled a $25 million suit against The Star, a supermarket tabloid, for stories linking their daughter's death to their son, Burke, who was 9 at the time of his sister's killing.
The lawsuits, each seeking class-action status, were filed in US courts.
