The buyer pays for the notary, whose fees range from 1 to 3 percent.
The group also suggests looking at credit unions, whose fees are often even less.
Elizabeth Beltran is a junior from a low-income family whose fees are covered by the university.
Like almost all higher education institutions, London Met has come increasingly to rely on international students, whose fees are uncapped.
The rest cut expenses less, including six whose fees did not change or rose, the G.A.O. said.
He suggests this may be partly because corporate executives, especially those with prominent lawyers whose fees are paid by their employers, are less likely to settle.
Litigation funders emphasize that their interests are fully aligned with those of law firms whose fees they cover and of the clients those firms represent.
As high-ranking managers of the firm, his co-defendants have prominent lawyers, whose fees are being paid by Dewey & LeBoeuf's insurance carrier.
"It's like any other drug I have in oncology," said Dr. Perez, who consults for Genentech but whose fees go to her hospital, not her.
The plaintiffs' lawyers, whose fees were to be based on a percentage of the settlement, estimated up to 19,000 claims.
As competition has squeezed prices, advisers have set their sights on richer clients whose fees will cover the costs of running their operations.
